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KIFF NAMED DIRECTOR OF COUNTY’S NEW HOMELESSNESS SERVICES DIVISION
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Date, Date, 20202020
FORMER INTERIM CITY MANAGER STRIVES FOR ‘FUNCTIONAL ZERO HOMELESSNESS’ By Christian Kallen
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Dave Kiff, a Healdsburg resident with more than 40 years of experience in state and local government, has been named director of the county’s new Homelessness Services Division within the Department of Health Services (DHS). In June, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved moving the CDC’s Ending Homelessness team into the newly created Homelessness Services Division. The board also approved an additional $830,000 annually to support the consolidation and expand resources for the new division. “This consolidation is an investment that will knock down silos and better support our community as a whole,” said Supervisor James Gore, chair of the Board of Supervisors. “It will provide critical housing resources for the unsheltered and is a major step toward the goal of ending homelessness.” The Homelessness Services Division will consist of several pre-existing services programs, including the Homeless Encampment Assistance and Resource Team (HEART), the Project HOMEKEY Cohort, the Ending Homelessness Team and the Interdepartmental Multi-Disciplinary Team (IMDT). Kiff ’s selection was announced on Dec. 28 by Tina Rivera, director of the DHS. “Dave brings to this position strong collaboration skills and is equipped with a fresh perspective
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RAIN, HIGH WINDS BRING WIDE-SPREAD FLOODING RISK
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FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY, CITY BREAKS OUT THE SAND BAGS By Christian Kallen
Photo by Christian Kallen
PREPARATION Eduardo Garcia, left, watches his father, Saul Garcia, shovel sand into
sandbags at the Healdsburg Community Center on Wednesday, Jan. 4, to help secure their Healdsburg home from expected heavy runoff.
The atmospheric river that swept across Northern California last week caused flooding in the central valley and foothill rivers to overflow their banks, but the effects were relatively benign in Healdsburg. But another similar phenomenon is slamming into the state as the Tribune goes to press. Another atmospheric river—a narrow channel of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere, also
called a tropical plume— is literally pouring over the north coast this week, and was expected to crest on Wednesday with over three inches of rain that day. The center of that storm however is expected to pass to the south of San Francisco and the peninsula. The National Weather Service (NWS) stated on Tuesday, “An atmospheric river, similar in strength or stronger than the New Years Eve storm, will spread heavy rain across the region as early as Wednesday through Thursday. Early forecasts show widespread 2-4 inch rainfall totals in the lower elevations with 3-6 inches in the hills while the wettest peaks of the North Bay, Mt Tamalpais, Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Lucia Range could see 8-10 inch rain amounts with this atmospheric river. “Given the saturated soils and recent rains we can expect rapid responses on smaller ➝ Rain, High Winds, 4