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This month, almost 50,000 Sonoma County households will receive the first of six monthly $300 federal child support checks. Democrats and all Republicans in both the Senate and House of Representatives approved these stimulus checks unanimously. Last week, similar unanimous votes were taken in both chambers of the California legislature, approving the dispersal of one-time $600 stimulus checks to most households. The city council of Santa Rosa is considering a form of a guaranteed income to eligible households and many other local and state governments are considering similar guaranteed income programs. All this would be a radical departure from past decades of government economic policy.

Healdsburg city council members, investors, developers and Sonoma County officials gathered at the Mill District on Monday, July 19, for a groundbreaking ceremony for The Exchange, a 41-unit affordable housing development that’s part of the Mill District mixed-use project on Healdsburg Avenue.

Cloverdale mayor Marta Cruz describes the community room in the Cloverdale Family Apartments as the “center of activities” for the city’s Latino community. Over the years, it’s served as the site of Cesar Chavez Day celebrations, back-to-school book drives and even a cooling center for the community’s elders. Now, it’s a space for the fine arts, thanks to its newest addition — a piano. 

For the first time in nearly a year and a half, the Cloverdale Unified School District (CUSD) Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet in person at the Cloverdale High School Maker Space on Wednesday, July 21. The meeting is slated to begin at 6 p.m., following the completion of the board’s closed session. The full meeting agenda packet can be viewed here.

The trustees of the West Sonoma County Union High School District set sail toward increased mental health services, academic support and recovery and more during a June budget meeting.

The upcoming July 21 Windsor Town Council meeting will address four big items. Three of these pertain to the makeup of the town council itself, and one pertains to water resource management and the drought emergency.

Beth Henry is a long-time Windsor resident, and a long-time supporter of business, but in her new role as executive director of the Windsor Chamber of Commerce, she gets to combine all of those experiences.

A vegetation fire 3.2-acres in size is now “under control” with its advances halted since burning east of Sebastopol city limits Tuesday afternoon, July 20, according to a Nixle alert from the Santa Rosa Fire Department sent at 5:20 p.m. 

The Sebastopol City Council  is set to discuss a bevy of items including conservation measures for commercial and industrial water customers, adopting its final budget and discussing whether to have a lottery for its firework event permit, among others at its regular meeting July 20. In addition to regular council business, the council will be viewing a presentation from Sebastopol Police Chief Kevin Kilgore on the status of recommendations set forth in the independent review of the police department performed by Jerry Threet, as well as on the Open Government Policing PILOT Program. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom headed to Sebastopol on July 19 to sign a $12 billion trailer bill addressing homelessness, as part of his California Comeback Plan.