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120-room destination project has been proposed since 2008, delayed by local economy cycles

We request that the city of Healdsburg’s 2017 goals include a plan for sustainable tourism. The plan would initiate a study and eventually create a set of measures to balance tourism growth with the needs of residents and the economic and social costs associated with tourism. Importantly, to maintain the land use status quo while a study is pending, the city should immediately enact a moratorium on new hotel and tasting room approvals.

Volunteers removed 130,000 pounds of trash in advance or rainy season

Monday’s Healdsburg City Council meeting will cover two large-scale topics, an inclusionary housing agreement for the Oaks at Foss Creek and affordable housing guidelines. The council will also consider member appointments for the transportation commission.

As local jurisdictions try to figure out how to house their residents amidst a housing shortage, a new tool helps make clear the challenges they are facing.

Among the reports in this week's paper, here's one from Aug. 20: "The RP on College Street stated that while staying with her mother, the RP found out that her mother gave about $20,000 to a person she just met. The RP believed that the situation was either elder abuse or fraud. An officer met with the RP and provided advice...."

On Saturday, May 23, members of Sebastopol’s two Rotary Clubs — the Rotary Club of Sebastopol and Rotary Club Sebastopol Sunrise — donned masks and brought their shovels to put the final touches on the new play structure in Libby Park, dispersing bark around the playground.

Several local voters have noticed that the language of Measure B, the high school parcel tax, in the Voter Information Guide seems unusually short and devoid of the usual legalese and exemption provisions that accompany most local ballot measures.