A modest investment
Healdsburg voters will be asked in the Nov. 6 election to increase the city’s sales tax a half percent “to stabilize city finances, offset declining revenues and the loss of redevelopment funds.” Measure V is unanimously supported by the current five city council members and has been endorsed by the Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce directors and the Healdsburg Unified School District trustees.
Healdsburg Museum opens new exhibit
The Healdsburg Museum recently opened a new in-person exhibit, its first since the COVID-19 pandemic, that looks back at the native peoples who have called the area home for countless generations.
Council reviewing mid-year budget on Wednesday
This week’s Cloverdale City Council agenda is small, with the council viewing two presentations and tackling two regular agenda items — the city’s mid-year budget report and an ordinance amendment that would include small cellular facility regulations into the city’s wireless telecommunications code. The council meeting begins at 6 p.m. and is being held virtually over Zoom, and will be livestreamed on the city’s YouTube channel. To view the agenda for the Feb. 24 meeting, click here.
County beginning hazard mitigation plan update
Feb. 25 will mark the first in a series of public meetings being held to update Sonoma County’s hazard mitigation plan. The five-year update of the 2016 Sonoma County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan will have a more multi-jurisdictional approach.
County will begin vaccinating people age 65 and up
Essential food workers will be eligible for vaccinations starting Monday










