Napa Resists Affordable Housing

An excellent and well researched ARTICLE from the North Bay Bohemian about the lack of affordable housing in Napa County and how Napa and other 'NIMBY' jurisdictions in the Bay Area are seeking to avoid their obligations under state and federal laws to address the housing needs of households of all income levels.

ACLU Jack Green Award

The Sonoma County ACLU gives the Jack Green as the Jack Green Award recipient for 2012. Green, a union organizer in Santa Rosa in the 1930's, was tarred and feathered and dumped at the Marin County line by vigilantes (including some police officers). He came back a couple days later and continued his organizing work. Our wonderful Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey put a little blurb about the award in the Congressional Record .