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Cloverdale joins other localities in revising rent control rules for mobile home parks
photo credit: Courtesy of GoogleMaps.Screenshot of an image inside one of Cloverdale's mobile home parks in 2008. Moving to save tenants in some of the county's least expensive housing from unaffordable rent increases, Cloverdale's City Council is expected to approve sweeping changes to its rent control rules covering mobile home parks. The council already gave its initial approval. The new rules will take affect June seventh if they are passed tonight. The move follows Petaluma, Cotati and other local jurisdictions who revised their own rules. That's after park owners, citing inflation, sought rent increases some residents said would force them onto...
Celebrating ‘a rebirth’: Mark West Springs residents to party at site of future park
Ground has yet to be broken at the site of a future park in the Mark West Springs area, an empty lot at 4614 Old Redwood Highway. That won’t stop a jolly cohort from assembling at that address at 12:30 p.m. Saturday for a ribbon-cutting and celebration of the progress they have made.
Sonoma County zoning board allows a path forward for historic Freestone Hotel redevelopment
A project in the works since 2021 to redevelop a historic Sonoma County building isn’t dead yet. The county zoning board decided Thursday not to deny plans for the Freestone Hotel despite a county staff recommendation. Its owners, among whom is prominent Sebastopol restaurateur Lowell Sheldon, instead will be sent back to the drawing board.
Sonoma County negotiating with local fire district to hand over emergency response at growing Santa Rosa airport
County officials say rapid airport growth, with more routes, increasing passenger traffic and more airline employees, warrants the need for a more robust emergency response that includes medical calls unrelated to aircraft emergencies.|. Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport is planning to hand over its emergency fire and medical response to...
Homeless campers removed from Joe Rodota Trail in Santa Rosa
Dozens of homeless people were cleared starting Monday from the Joe Rodota Trail, marking the latest disbandment of campers from the public path and sparking yet more criticism from advocates who contend people have nowhere to go and need solutions to keep them off the street. The cleanup was necessary...
Healdsburg police name suspect in community center stabbing
A Healdsburg man was identified Tuesday as a suspect in a stabbing that injured a victim outside the Healdsburg Community Center. Damian Martinez Osorio, 29, who is also known as Gael Leon, is suspected of attacking the victim about 9:45 p.m. April 30, according to the Healdsburg Police Department. He...
Protests at Sonoma County school district meeting aren’t enough to save job of Spanish translator
After the layoff of the translator was announced in March, parents have been protesting every Friday. On Wednesday they stepped up their efforts at the district’s regular board meeting.|. Spanish-speaking parents in the small Oak Grove Union District have protested every Friday since the district announced it would be...
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