SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — USA Properties Fund has started construction of College Creek, an affordable multifamily community for a range of income levels in Santa Rosa. Completion is slated for fall 2023. Located at 2150 W. College Ave., the 164-unit property is close to downtown Santa Rosa, large shopping centers, healthcare providers and several schools.… Keep Reading
Sonoma County’s joint homelessness agency — in charge of millions of dollars in public funding and key policy decisions — has for the fourth time in nearly as many years reshuffled its leadership board to better tackle the local crisis as unprecedented sums of state and federal money are now pouring into the region. The… Keep Reading
Santa Rosa is the 14th happiest city in the United States, according to a report published March 1, 2022. The report by WalletHub examined more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities to determine which were home to the happiest people. Each city was given a ranking based on 30 key indicators of happiness, ranging from the… Keep Reading
The city of Santa Rosa is accepting applications this month for emergency rental aid meant to help tenants struggling to cover housing costs. Applications, due by March 31, place qualifying renters on a waiting list for the federally supported HOME Rental Assistance program, which typically covers 60-70% of monthly housing costs for up to two… Keep Reading
By Katy St. Clair, Bay City News Foundation SANTA ROSA, CA — Sonoma County Supervisors who had asked the county to deliver more detailed financial specs this month about a proposed purchase of the old Sears Building were still not convinced as of Tuesday’s meeting, when the county presented a more in-depth report on the… Keep Reading
County officials this week informed people living in two hotels that have served as emergency shelter for at-risk homeless people during the pandemic that they must leave by March 15. The 72 residents of the Astro Motel near downtown Santa Rosa and the Holiday Inn in Windsor were handed sheets of paper Monday, effectively giving… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF/BCN) – The city of Santa Rosa began accepting applications Tuesday for the waitlist of its HOME tenant-based rental assistance program, a spokesperson for the city said. The wait list lottery is a federally subsidized program that helps low-income individuals and families afford market-rate, private rental housing within Santa Rosa city limits… Keep Reading
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) — Freeze warnings are hitting much of the Bay Area this week. In Santa Rosa, warming shelters and centers have opened to try and help those without homes, but some say they should have been open a few nights ago. “I was shivering so bad, my stomach and my back were… Keep Reading
Several Marion County residents recently weighed in on the topic of bringing commercial flights to Ocala International Airport. “My husband and I just moved here from Santa Rosa, California. Coming from Santa Rosa, it gave me first-hand experience of a city that had an airport that turned to having commercial flights in the 30-plus years… Keep Reading
Since winning election in 2018 as San Mateo County superintendent of schools, Nancy Magee has yet to meet a counterpart in another county who is also LGBTQ. Magee, the second consecutive lesbian to serve in the countywide elected position, is the only superintendent of schools listed on a map of out elected leaders in California… Keep Reading
