Sebastopol City Council to receive new police chief, consider climate campaign, car wash
The Sebastopol City Council’s March 2 meeting at 6 p.m. over Zoom looks to be an eventful one, presenting the city’s new police chief, discussing whether to approve and adopt a climate campaign’s goals and continuing the extended Benedetti car wash public hearing, according to the agenda.
Payne’s experience in fire defense helped protect river areas, homes
While fire crews, dozers, hand crews and strike teams worked on building lines to contain the Walbridge Fire to prevent it from coming down to Korbel, Hacienda and other river communities, Bobby Payne was checking on homes in the lower Russian River area and safeguarding properties and hard to reach areas with retardant.
Corazón launches series of free emergency preparedness classes
Corazón Healdsburg is launching a new emergency preparedness program that includes online preparedness workshops with Nuestra Comunidad, rental insurance education and assistance and emergency supply kits for local families and community members. Students who complete the two online classes will receive a free emergency kit and a small financial incentive, according to a Corazón press release.
Healdsburg City Council mulls over sharing public right of ways with businesses
Approves resolution for outdoor activity permit to allow businesses to expand onto sidewalksÂ
Measure H seeks to expand language of GMO
Healdsburg is seeking to broaden some of the language in its Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) on the March 3 ballot. Measure H asks residents to amend the GMO to allow for the previously-approved average of 50 rental units per year of multi-family, income-restricted rental housing permits to be offered for sale in addition offering them as rentals.
