Tag: Healdsburg city council

A formula store is defined in the General Plan as, “A business that is required by contractual or other arrangement to maintain any of the following: standardized services, menu, decor, uniforms, architecture, signs or other similar features and is not part of a locally- or regionally-based group of businesses...”

Starting next year, a new city commission will take its place in the structure of local government—an Arts and Culture Commission, to join the Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Commission and Senior Citizens Advisory Commission as an advisory body to review policies and programs under its purview...

Two former Olympians who live in Healdsburg were honored, including Gail Roper of the US Swim team in 1952, and Hanna Scramaglia who competed with Sweden in the 1996 Olympics. Plus more City Council action that might be unexpected....

The official application period for three seats on the Healdsburg City Council, and three on the Healdsburg Unified School District Board of Trustees, is...

A public hearing on a series of proposed water and wastewater rate hikes was expected to produce outrage and objections from residents and rate-payers, but a groundswell of opposition did not materialize. Only about half a dozen people offered their public comments. And while most were opposed to the rate hikes, there were no viable alternatives presented.

The latest round of grants from the Healdsburg Tourism Improvement District (HTID) was announced earlier this month, the most recent installment in a program begun in 2020 and approved to last for 10 years. The latest distribution, of over $100,000, went to 11 organizations for their ability to put “heads in beds,” per the requirements of the HTID. But not everyone was pleased...

A prominent Sonoma County dispensary operator who failed to earn approval from the city of Healdsburg last November to operate a cannabis business in town has filed suit against the city to start all over, contending they were unfairly excluded from receiving one of the permits.

David Hagele and Evelyn Mitchell were unanimously approved as mayor and vice mayor of Healdsburg for 2024, to follow the year-long term of Mayor Ariel Kelley.

The news that Jim Wood would not seek reelection to his 2nd Assembly District seat came as a surprise to his constituents last week....

By Christian Kallen It only took about half an hour for the Healdsburg City Council to make up their collective mind in choosing two out...