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Healdsburg Police Logs: Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2021

MONDAY, SEPT. 27

California’s population shrank in 2020, but don’t call it an exodus

The COVID-19 pandemic has done what more than a century of past plagues, recessions, crime waves, droughts and earthquakes couldn’t. 

Can Newsom build on pandemic lessons to end homelessness?

From the lobby of a former extended-stay motel in San Diego, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced what he called a historic proposal to end a California crisis by converting thousands more hotel rooms into housing for people who are homeless.

Artist discusses his whale of a work at Sebastopol Center for the Arts

Berkeley artist Jos Sances appeared before a sold-out crowd at Sebastopol Center for the Arts on Wednesday night, July 14, to discuss his work, “Or, The Whale,” which has been on display at the art center since its reopening on June 24.

Drug overdose-related deaths continue to be a concern in Sonoma County

In the past year, the pandemic has had many effects on mortality, including deaths from COVID-19, however, drug overdose deaths continue to be a concern and appear to have been exasperated by the pandemic according to a report from Jenny Mercado, a Sonoma County epidemiologist.

County supervisors approve additional COVID outreach to underserved communities

At their meeting on Oct. 20, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to allocate approximately $4 million to support an enhanced series of strategies to assist with outreach to COVID-19 case curbing in at-risk communities.

Citrus Fair’s Fonsen Young is taking the helm at the John Jordan Foundation

Katie Fonsen Young, CEO of the Cloverdale Citrus Fair, is leaving her Cloverdale post to become executive director for the John Jordan Foundation. The foundation’s former executive director, Lisa Wittke Schaffner, is taking over as chief executive officer for North Coast Builders Exchange in October.

Sebastopol receives projected housing unit target for upcoming eight-year cycle

Sebastopol’s planning director presented the city’s expected Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) number for the upcoming eight-year cycle of housing development, extracted from what she described as “the sausage-making process” at the Feb. 16 city council meeting.

County’s homeless crisis pushed to backburner by COVID-19 pandemic

Annual homeless count delayed as Grand Jury report is released
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