Page 1 - Sonoma County Gazette - January 2020

JANUARY 2020
Y Yo o u u r r G G u u i i d d e e t t o o
Eco-Hero of the Be Part of Our
Investigative Grand Jury ~ 26
Everyone Counts! This one is for Funding ~ 37
Year - Woody Benefits for Good Causes ~ 12 Hastings ~ 19
CRAB FEEDS
HOME
Impossible
Dream?
Climate
Healthy
By Vesta Copestakes
In our country, especially in our
Communities start with Urban Growth Boundaries
By Teri Shore
The best way to ensure climate-
community of compassionate people, we believe that having a home, shelter, food, clothing, services, is a Human Right. We all deserve what is rightfully ours.
Volunteers spend countless hours preparing and delivering food to people who cannot supply their own. They clean up after people who do not clean up after theselves because it’s good for the people, and it’s good for the environment.
healthy, wildfire-safe, diverse and affordable communities is with voter- approved Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB). A UGB is simply a line around a city beyond which urban development is not allowed without the approval of the voters.
We ask our government to find solutions to problems that evade solving and ask taxpayers to pay
for it all. Every now and then a homeless community stands out as a waving flag to get our attention to the ongoing problem of homelessness. How do we shelter and care for the unsheltered? Is this even possible?
As we decide how to face climate change, extreme weather and a housing crunch, we need to double down on climate-smart growth near jobs and transit and protection of natural land and water. The Urban Growth Boundary is a proven and critical tool for doing so.
HOME cont’d on page 20
BOUNDARIES cont’d on page 8
Your Home Town: 28-42 Everything To Do CALENDAR: pgs 52 - 71