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What makes housing “affordable?” Affordability is defined by state law as meaning housing that is affordable to households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. In Sonoma County, the area median income for a four-person household is $75,900.  For many in the community, including veterans, seniors, working families, single-parent households and young professionals, the need for housing that is affordable is greater than ever.

 Old Gramma

Lots of the presidential election talk these days is about “Reagan’s America.” The GOP candidates all claim to be from there and they speak of it like it’s some kind of magical Camelot or a Lake Wobegon where all the men are natural-born citizens, all the women are against abortion and all the children are exactly average.

Ray Holley