Supervisor James Gore to hold north county community forums

Forums to highlight priority projects ahead of County budget deliberations in June
As your elected representative in Sonoma County, my highest priority is to make sure that your priorities are my priorities; and that I conduct my work in a transparent arena for you all to help me develop plans, and hold me accountable for delivering. I see that as an exciting challenge.
I did not run for office to be a politician, but rather a public servant and leader. And leaders need to deliver. In that vein, throughout May and June, my staff and I will hold six community forums to garner input on our work priorities. I plan to go over the priorities in each community that I am focused on, and to invite input into keeping those priorities or amending them.
I will go through the county budget process, and how everyone can engage in a proactive manner to advocate together for Fourth District priorities. I anticipate bringing county representatives from permits and resources, transportation and public works, sheriff’s office, parks, planning commission and other relevant areas. I will work with each city, town and community to allow time for the mayors or other local leaders to join me in providing updates of their own, and co-leading the prioritization discussion.
Democracy only works though inclusion. I hope you can join us. If not please consider sending in written comments to my district director, Jenny Chamberlain, at

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Below are the proposed dates and locations (subject to change). Start times will be published in this newspaper as soon as they are confirmed.
Cloverdale, May 11, Cloverdale Vets Building;
Geyserville/Alexander Valley, May 17, Geyserville Oriental Hall;
Northwest Santa Rosa, May 25, Piner High;
Windsor, May 31, Windsor Grange Hall;
Mark West/Fulton, June 1, Mark West School;
Dry Creek, June 6, Lake Sonoma Visitors Center.
The Fourth District includes northwest Santa Rosa, Fulton and encompasses all of the Larkfield-Wikiup area. It then runs north including all of the Town of Windsor, the City of Healdsburg, the community of Geyserville and the City of Cloverdale. The district also includes the premium wine grape growing regions of Alexander Valley, Knights Valley and Dry Creek Valley. The Geysers, Lake Sonoma and much of the Russian River also reside in the Fourth District.
Submitted by Fourth District Supervisor James Gore.