Sonoma County gazette September 2018
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   SEPTEMBER 2018
   WATERSHED - Creek -     Cannabis: a   The Airline   The BEST Pot Stickers:
       River - Beach CLEAN- UP GUIDE ~ 16 & 17
TRAP for Non- Citizens ~ 19
Passenger Bill of Rights ~ 23
TOP 5 out of 46 in Sonoma County ~ 20 & 21
 Planning
Fire
          Discussions Crowd the Horizon
Recovery &
        By Will Carruthers
Nearly a year after the Sonoma
Resiliency
County Complex Fires destroyed 5,300 homes and ten years after the last housing crash slowed Sonoma County’s economy to a crawl, discussions about the future of housing, transportation and the economy are proliferating.
By Teri Shore
We are still just beginning to
In the coming months, city, county, regional and business-led planning processes will each form an image of what Sonoma County and the North Bay should look like in the future.
recover from last year’s North Bay fires of October 2017. The five-year Fire Recovery Plan now underway by the new Office of Recovery and Resiliency is a way to start looking forward.
Although many of the problems up for debate preexisted the fires, discussions at public meetings and behind closed doors in the coming months may well determine what course the county and North Bay region take for years to come.
When finalized by the Board of Supervisors this Fall, it will guide priority policies and actions for fire recovery and resiliency in five areas: Housing, Natural Resources, Economy, Community Preparedness and Infrastructure, and Safety Net Services.
Where We Are Now
Many of us view this important county initiative as a “prequel” to the Sonoma County General Plan Update as it is prioritizing actions land-use and other policies with the goal of reducing fire risk, improving emergency preparedness, and making our communities and lands more resilient, healthy and climate-smart.
On the surface, Santa Rosa’s economic future looked rosy last September. With city lawmakers in the process of crafting friendlier commercial cannabis laws than surrounding cities, Joe Matthews, a syndicated columnist, noted that Santa Rosa appeared to be positioning itself to be “California’s weed crossroads.”
PLANNING cont’d on page 10
People from across Sonoma County have been sharing their vision at public workshops that were recently held in every supervisorial district.
RESILIENCY cont’d on page 12
Your HOME TOWN NEWS: pgs 30 - 45 EVERYTHING to DO Calendar: pgs 52 - 71
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