Housing and Infrastructure

  • Measures in a Minute – Santa Rosa Measure N

    Measures in a Minute – Santa Rosa Measure N

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    Share with FriendsWill Santa Rosa voters approve a new tax to support affordable housing?  That’s the question posed by Measure N, a ballot measure to be decided on November 6th. […]

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  • SMART Headed to Windsor

    SMART Headed to Windsor

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    Share with FriendsSMART rail service is headed north, after the train system’s board of directors approved money to begin the long-awaited extension to Windsor. As Karl Van Amburg reports, the […]

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  • New Teachers Priced Out

    New Teachers Priced Out

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    Share with FriendsIn the face of skyrocketing housing costs, Sonoma County is struggling to find ways to attract and keep quality teachers. One plan being proposed, is to build subsidized housing […]

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  • St. Vincent de Paul assistance

    Help for Homeless in Vehicles

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    Share with FriendsA Sonoma County nonprofit is working to make a tangible and immediate difference in the lives of those living in their vehicles in Santa Rosa. As Karl Van […]

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  • Home Sales Slump

    Home Sales Slump

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    Share with FriendsThe overheated Sonoma County real estate market cooled off in July, leaving experts speculating on what caused the downturn, and how long it will last. Karl Van Amburg […]

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  • COTS Grand Opening

    COTS Grand Opening

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    Share with Friends In the midst of a housing and homeless crisis, longtime Sonoma County homeless services provider COTS opened a new office in Santa Rosa.  The well-attended grand opening […]

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  • Rebuilding Supervisor

    Rebuilding Supervisor

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    Share with FriendsSonoma County’s massive post-fire home rebuilding effort is unprecedented in the history of California.  To help address the crisis, the city of Santa Rosa has appointed a quality […]

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  • Rebuild Website

    Rebuild Website

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    Share with FriendsAs summer home rebuilding blossoms across Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood, the city has unveiled a new website designed to push out information, and speed construction.  Karl Van […]

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  • Larkfield Home First to Completion

    Larkfield Home First to Completion

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    Share with FriendsIn an important milestone, the first new home to be completed since the fires in unincorporated Sonoma County was unveiled to the public.  As Karl Van Amburg reports, […]

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  • Joe Rodota Homeless and Solutions

    Joe Rodota Homeless and Solutions

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    Share with FriendsAs part of our commitment to issue-oriented local coverage, News of the North Bay looks at the latest homeless encampment clearing along Santa Rosa’s Joe Rodota trail, and […]

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  • Coffey Park’s First New Home

    Coffey Park’s First New Home

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    Share with Friends    In a huge milestone for the city of Santa Rosa, move-in day arrived for the first new home to be completed in the fire-ravaged Coffey Park […]

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  • Coffey Park Ribbon Cutting Live – First Home Rebuilt

    Coffey Park Ribbon Cutting Live – First Home Rebuilt

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    Share with FriendsFriday, May 25 was an important day in Santa Rosa.  The first new home was completed in Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood.  News of the North Bay was […]

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