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VOTE GETS UNDERWAY FOR STATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS 3 COUNCIL SEATS, 2 CITY MEASURES BRING THE ISSUES HOME By Christian Kallen
Election Day is just under two weeks away, and while there’s no faceoff between the Godzilla of the GOP and the Mothra of the Dems, there are important races up and down the ballot, from the governorship to the local city council.
Who and What
Measure L
Two local measures are also on the ballot, both presented by the City of Healdsburg. Measure L amends the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) to allow 2% to finance, acquire and construct capital improvements for parks, community services facilities and affordable housing. There is no increase in the TOT, which remains as a 14% surcharge ➝ Voting Underway, 8
Photo courtesy of Corazon Healdsburg
There are seven candidates for three seats on the Healdsburg City Council, which is one short of their usual five-person body. Four of those candidates are vying for two full fouryear terms: incumbent Evelyn Mitchell, and Chris Herrod, Susan Graf and Linda Cade rounding out the candidates. The other four-year seat is held by incumbent Ozzy Jimenez, who is not on the ballot. Voters can vote for two, and the top two vote getters will take their seats for the first of the year. There is also a partial two-year term to fill the seat vacated by Skylaer Palacios, who resigned earlier this year. Candidates are Brigette Mansell, Ron Edwards and Matias Lopez Jr. Vote only for one.
CANTANTE Vanessa Dominguez sings at the 2021 Dia de Muertos celebration in Healdsburg Plaza; she returns for an encore this year.
Dia de Muertos With a Local Accent ‘DAY OF THE DEAD’ IS A BIG HOLIDAY IN MEXICO, AND IN HEALDSBURG SINCE 2016 Healdsburg Tribune Staff
Healdsburg’s annual Dia de Muertos festival returns to the Plaza on Sunday, Oct. 30, complete with marigold-adorned altars, a classic car show and live musical performances. Cosponsored by Corazón Healdsburg and the City of Healdsburg, the day-long celebration connects many of the
region’s large Latino population with their Mexican roots, where the “Day of the Dead” is recognized by death-inspired costumes, candies and more. Though Dia de Muertos is traditionally celebrated on Nov. 1 (All Saints Day) and Nov. 2 (All Souls Day), the Anglo observance of Halloween (the night of Oct. 31) has helped extend the holiday over several days every year. “This event is incredibly special for us and the whole community,” said Marcy Flores, Corazón Healdsburg’s interim executive director. “It’s an opportunity for us all to honor and remember our
ancestors, and the chance for us to connect as a community.” Corazón Healdsburg is a nonprofit organization working to create a more just and compassionate community in northern Sonoma County. The organization opened its doors to the community with its first Día de Muertos event in 2016, and the event has been a Healdsburg tradition ever since. This year’s Día de Muertos event will feature an opening ceremony at noon, led by Danza Azteca and with performances by the Luther Burbank Center’s Mariachi Ensemble Cantares de Mi Tierra, El
Travieso y Su Dinamita and Los Cadetes de Linares de Rigoberto Cantu. Corazón Healdsburg board member Jorge Flores is partnering with several local car clubs to showcase their classic cars along Matheson Street and to host a “trunk-ortreat” with sweets for kids, from 2 to 5pm. Throughout the afternoon, there will be activities for children, including mask and puppet making with the Healdsburg Center for the Arts, soccer activities with the Healdsburg Youth Soccer Association, jumbo Connect Four and other games with the Healdsburg Community
Services Team, face painting, temporary tattoos and more. Food will be available for purchase from local vendors, including Lucha Sabina, La Churroteka, Black Piglet, The Real Chamoy and Rose’s Burgers & Brats. “Every year, the Día de Muertos event underscores how Healdsburg’s diversity makes us richer as a community,” said Mark Themig, director of community services for the City of Healdsburg. “We look forward to this special day all year long and can’t wait to see our community come together again this Sunday.”
TRAFFIC TIE-UP AT DRY CREEK AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
at Dry Creek Road near Grove Street. The Dry Creek Commons, as Burbank Housing is calling their 58-unit apartments at 155 Dry Creek Rd., is rolling down the permitting pathway headed for a late-2023 construction start. A city-owned property, it was acquired in 2003 for the development of low to moderate income housing by the city’s redevelopment agency. When the state dissolved redevelopment agencies in 2012, the city council elected to retain that purpose and assumed title for the 3.53 acre site. Last month, Karen Massey of Burbank Housing presented the planning commission a revised vision of the project, to be located along Dry Creek Road behind Big ➝ Dry Creek, 4
PROPOSED U-TURN AT GROVE STREET NOT IDEAL SAY CRITICS Photo courtesy of Burbank Housing
PROPOSED 58-unit affordable housing project as envisioned just west of Big John’s Market, along Dry Creek Road.
By Christian Kallen
Even as a 41-unit affordable housing apartment building takes shape at the city’s south entrance at Exchange Street, another even larger complex is moving toward construction on the north side,