Kathleen Finigan, a long-time Homeless Action! member, died on September 3, 2022 after an exacerbation of a chronic breathing disability. She can never be replaced. She will always be remembered. Kathleen died at the start of a climate-change heat wave in Sonoma County and, because of her outrage at the lack of warming centers for […]
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Meet the Sonoma County Sheriff Candidates
Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick announced that he will not run for reelection in 2022. Several candidates indicated their intention to run including: Retired Sheriff’s Captain Dave Edmonds, Former San Francisco police sergeant Carl Tennenbaum, Retired Healdsburg Police Chief Kevin Burke, Assistant Sheriff Eddie Engram. Dave EdmondDave Edmond attend the virtual meeting of Homeless Action! […]
Notes of Homeless Action! Meeting – Jan 31, 2022
MINUTES, HOMELESS ACTION! JANUARY 31, 2022 16 in attendance Tim Miller reported no news about George’s Hideaway; that he’s in discussion about safe parking project at the Guerneville Senior Center, which will accommodate 6 vehicles. Two units have already been placed; the site has sewer-connected bathroom and sink, and case management has been assigned. Gregory Fearon is […]
Homeless Action! Meeting – Notes on November 15, 2021
Doyle Park legal case This is a case of 7 people being swept at 2 am and taken to jail several years ago. Motion to exclude evidence is next Tuesday. Steamer Landing case The people in this camp got a delay until an evidentiary hearing on Nov. 17. The judge will call Mary Isaac’s staff. […]
Press Release: Homeless Action! of Sonoma County Announces Support of Stop All Government Evictions (SAGE)
Homeless Action! of Sonoma County announced today that it will support the Stop All Government Evictions (SAGE) campaign in its effort to urge the Board of Supervisors to pass a moratorium on Permit Sonoma evictions of low income renters. This would not apply in cases when there is an immediate threat to renters’ health and […]
The 2021 Resolution Supporting the Continuing Need to Respect the Human Rights of People in Sonoma County Experiencing Homelessness
At the meeting on January 25, 2021, the Commission on Human Rights of Sonoma County called for the county authorities to respect the rights of people experiencing homelessness and to take steps to resolve the crisis throughout the County. It published a new resolution updating the resolution previously published in 2018. Read the news article […]
