Jan 5, 2025 · A number of new California laws covering landlords and tenants go into effect this year, ranging from fees that can be charged to tenants, tightened security deposit rules, and tenant applications. AB 2493 – Tightens Rules for Application Fee Screening This new law authorizes a landlord or their agent to charge an application screening fee

Aug 10, 2024 · Perhaps you've not heard of Measure J. It's on this November's ballot and its opponents believe that if it's passed it will doom Sonoma County's small family farms, farms like Strauss Family Farm and others. According to its supporters, Measure J was crafted to supposedly protect animals on "factory farms," but opponents point out that

Jan 4, 2025 · What issues would you like to see the Board of Supervisors tackle in 2025? Share your suggestions on Friday, Jan. 10 during a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors in Sebastopol. At the beginning of each year, Sonoma County supervisors hold an offsite meeting to set priorities for the upcoming year. The public is

Nov 28, 2024 · On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, for an agenda item slated to come before the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors at its meeting of December 3, 2024, Permit Sonoma, the County agency tasked with project analysis, approval, and denial, recommended that the Specific Plan and EIR for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) be scrapped.

Sep 21, 2024 · Part of the General Plan 2045 update that is currently taking place in the City of Sonoma includes consideration of changing land uses. The city’s General Plan dictates what type of land uses are allowed on every parcel of land within the city’s limits. Changes in land use carry with them the potential for big

Dec 18, 2024 · By Jon Wilson LAFCO Refuses To Go Outside the Box. (Pictured: Map of current SDC boundary) On December 4, it seemed the place to be was the Sonoma County Supervisor chambers in Santa Rosa. Grabbing most of the headlines was the Board of Supervisors decision to decertify the Environmental Impact Report and repeal the approval

Jan 11, 2025 · Sad News: Sam Morphy and the Red Grape Sam and Carol Morphy have been constant donors of pizza, kindness, and money to all sorts of Sonoma Valley organizations. Sam’s big idea was to bring New Haven-style pizza, meaning thin-crust pizza, to Sonoma via their Red Grape, which replaced the Feed Store restaurant, which replaced an

Jan 3, 2025 · Music in Place, the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, and the Frank H. Bartholomew Foundation are excited to announce an inspiring eight-concert series curated by Dr. Aaron Lington, Artistic and Education Director of Music in Place. The Sonoma Soirée Series ‘25 aims to raise awareness of each organization’s mission while inviting visitors and locals to

Dec 1, 2024 · The California Coastal Commission has certified Sonoma County’s Local Coastal Plan, a foundational planning document that regulates land use and protects resources along the 55-mile shoreline. The unanimous approval on November 14 ensures the County’s permitting authority for development within the Coastal Zone, which extends inland from between a half mile and five miles from

Nov 25, 2024 · Stone Edge Founder Pioneered Microgrids in Sonoma A month ago, on October 22, John “Mac” McQuown finally ran out of energy, an event that some who knew him, or merely admired him, found a little hard to believe. Universally known as Mac, John Andrew McQuown was a pioneer, a wide-ranging thinker, a practical pragmatist, a