WSCUHSD board to reconsider parcel tax, discuss TOT and potential consolidation
The West Sonoma County Union High School District (WSCUHSD) will host a special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23 to reconsider putting a parcel tax measure on the ballot in March and discuss the transient occupancy tax measure put forth by the county, according to the Nov. 23 agenda.
Package thieves apprehended after chase through Windsor
In a statement on its Facebook page, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s department announced the capture of two subjects stealing packages and other items throughout the county.
Turkey Time, Nov. 20
Over 100 bags of turkey, pie and stuffing were given out at the Cloverdale Food Pantry on Nov. 20 as a result of this year's annual Turkey Round-Up.
Sebastopol Kiwanis opening applications for school grants
Despite canceling its July fireworks and music festival fundraisers this year, the Sebastopol Kiwanis Club has raised money to help fund grants for local students, teachers and school administrators.
State mandates emergency workplace COVID-19 protections, less crowding for guest farmworkers
California’s businesses must follow new rules to protect workers from getting coronavirus on the job, while harvesting companies must minimize overcrowding in guest farmworker housing following a California Divide investigation that uncovered rampant coronavirus outbreaks this summer among a low-wage workforce putting fresh produce on America’s kitchen table.
WSCUHSD rejects parcel tax proposal, plans on discussing TOT measure
Editor's note: Despite voting against the parcel tax, the WSCUHSD is set to reconsider the tax during a meeting on Monday night, Nov. 23.
Sonoma County to remain in the purple tier
On Nov. 11, the County of Sonoma submitted a request for tier adjudication with the state of California, adding thousands of COVID-19 tests from commercial labs that had not been entered electronically into the state’s tracking system with the hope that the tests would lower the county’s case rate and test positivity rate and would allow the county to move tiers.
Budget numbers better than anticipated, reach code decision pushed off for further review
Though there were three items on the agenda for the Nov. 18 Windsor Town Council, the meeting began with the report that one of the items, a first reading of a repeal of the town’s all-electric reach code, was being continued to a later date.
New limited stay-at-home order to go into effect Nov. 21
On Nov. 19 the state of California announced it was implementing a “limited stay-at-home order.” This order would restrict activities between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in all counties in Tier One/Purple of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy metric. Restricted activities include all nonessential businesses and social gatherings. Restaurants would have to close to all but take-out and delivery by 10 p.m. each night. Essentially, between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. it would be a return to early March restrictions.
