WSCUHSD recall petitions fall short by thousands of signatures
The crusade to recall trustees who voted to consolidate Analy and El Molino high schools failed this week when the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office declared the petitions insufficient by thousands of signatures.
Citrus Fair’s Fonsen Young is taking the helm at the John Jordan Foundation
Katie Fonsen Young, CEO of the Cloverdale Citrus Fair, is leaving her Cloverdale post to become executive director for the John Jordan Foundation. The foundation’s former executive director, Lisa Wittke Schaffner, is taking over as chief executive officer for North Coast Builders Exchange in October.
Recalls past and present
History has proven that recall elections are one of the worst facets of our representative democracy. They are almost always misdirected, often full of vengeful emotions, very costly, and, almost always ineffective. It may be a very good thing that most recall election attempts never make it to a ballot. California has had 179 attempted recall elections in the last 100 years. Only 11 have qualified for a ballot and, of those, only six have been successful, the last one notably in 2003 when Gray Davis was recalled from his governor’s post.
Foppoli, accused of sexual assault, files initial paperwork to run for mayor in 2022
Paperwork filing was made 'for technical reasons'
Sewage fixes to prevent RV park evictions
Alternative solution found after tenants were told to vacate while park puts in code-compliant sewage systems
Sebastopol farm becomes grounds for rediscovering Afro-Indigenous permaculture
It’s not business as usual at EARTHseed Farm, 14-acres in Sebastopol stewarded with permaculture traditions of African and Indigenous peoples.
Update: Cloverdale senior center closed until Sept. 7
Cloverdale's senior center will be closed this week out of an abundance of caution due to the current COVID-19 case rates.
Sebastopol Police Logs, August 23-29
The following are crimes excerpted from Sebastopol Police Department daily crime log entries and listed at the time the alleged violation was reported.
WSCUHSD trustee vacancy to be filled by provisional appointment
As anyone could have predicted, the West Sonoma County Union High School District’s (WSCUHSD) first board meeting in person this year was a fierce one Aug. 25. The meeting was held at the West County High School theater in Sebastopol.
