Committee on the Shelterless chief Mike Johnson insists it’s imperative that Sonoma County adopt a dramatically new tact against homelessness.
In the hours and days after the discovery of the eighth homeless person found dead outside in the city last year, Petaluma Police detectives were looking for answers to what killed 60-year-old Michael Lee Patton, who was found lying face down on a downtown sidewalk just before Christmas.
Earthmovers and construction equipment dig up Maureen Frances’ beloved Walnut Part and she could not be happier.
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Area shelters asked to expand their bed capacities as cold temperatures continue
Autopsy reveals head injury did not contribute to homeless man’s death
Police say cause of death still undetermined
Police are investigating and have not yet ruled out homicide
Sonoma County supervisors on Tuesday approved $3.3 million for new affordable housing developments in the Sonoma Valley and southwest Santa Rosa for low-income families, as well as farmworker housing in Larkfield.
In what has become a disturbing trend in Petaluma, on Sunday the body of a man was found near the waterfront.
A review by the Petaluma Police Department into a recent spate of deaths of people discovered outside and believed to be homeless, found few details linking them, police said this week.
Petaluma police said recent efforts to control homeless encampments has already shown results. During a second sweep of the camps on Tuesday, many were found to be abandoned.
“You can’t raise rents 30 percent in the last three years and not dislodge people.” -Mike Johnson, CEO of COTS More dead bodies are turning up around town.
Police are looking for whoever set off a small, crudely made device near the Lynch Creek Trail Friday morning, that set off of a small vegetation fire.
After scrambling last winter to mobilize help for the homeless amid a prolonged cold snap, service agencies and local governments are working on a more organized approach this year that includes adding 50 extra winter beds at Samuel L.
The discovery of a third body this month near the Petaluma River on Tuesday night has prompted police to take a hard look at the number of similar deaths in Petaluma in the past four years and what, if anything, can be done to prevent more.
Police were called to Shollenberger Park Monday afternoon to investigate the report of a dead body.
Sonoma County is taking steps toward a complete overhaul in the way homeless people are placed in temporary shelters, with officials sharpening their focus on getting the most imperiled people off the streets while ending the first-come, first-served practice that has long allocated overnight space at shelters countywide.
Sonoma County’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved $900,000 to launch a sweeping overhaul of its policies on homelessness, backing an approach that provides the homeless with immediate housing before linking them with social services such as substance abuse counseling and mental health treatment.
Jill DiPaolo, a single mom who lives in temporary housing for formerly home- less people in Petaluma, has been searching for a permanent apartment for her and her 4-year-old son for months.
