From: [email protected]
To: City Council Public Comments
Subject: [EXTERNAL] unhoused women shelter at west third and fulton Date: Monday, August 3, 2026 9:18:12 AM
Dear city council please dont bring this on our neighborhood.This tight nit community is already feeling the pain from the un housed at a place to play park .There is a safety issue with this proposed facility .The unhoused from that park will be set apon our door steps,there will a huge uptick with trash ,there will be a huge uptick with drug usage and violence .The park is already unsafe at night ,with this facility now our neighborhoods will be compramised .Why dont you build this thing at a place to play park, there is so much undeveloped land there you could easily set it back from west 3rd street have huge parking lot and the impact would be almost zero ,the un homed are alredy there .The city can build a single level facility that if fenced in nobody would even know it was there .please reconsider this project >the city is sacraficing the sanity of our neighborhood !
From: Evan Bachelder
To: City Council Public Comments
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Supporting small businesses
Date: Monday, August 3, 2026 11:32:01 AM
Dear Members of the Santa Rosa City Council,
During the public meeting on August 20, 2024, this Council took a public stance in opposition of Measure J. The meeting minutes state: “Vice Mayor Mark Stapp reported Council should review the Item today because of the significant impact Measure J would have on Santa Rosa businesses and jobs. Measure J would not simply end most animal focused agriculture in Sonoma County, companies like Clover and Straus, it would put hundreds of individuals out of work including many Santa Rosa residents.
By taking a formal opposition to Measure J, the City Council allegedly supported our local agriculture and farming community, supported our local food sources, and prioritized agriculture jobs.
Will Holloway and his family are the exact kind of farmers that your vote was supposedly to protect and support. Will and his wife Gina own and operate their own farm on land that they have leased from the City of Santa Rosa. They produce food for our community, employ members of our community, and have dedicated their lives to sustainable farming.
It has
come to my attention that The Holloways and their business are being given 30 days’ notice to vacate the land, AND the City sent them a $64,000 bill! This is the complete antithesis of supporting our local farming community. The subject land has been farmed and leased for almost 30 years, and the City is arbitrarily terminating that lease to the severe detriment of our community. Not only are Will and Gina going to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, but their employees will lose their jobs. Our community will have fresh food from one less local source. Another small, family business will inevitably fold.
The Council needs to put their money where their mouths are and support Will and Gina by allowing them to continue to farm the land that they have invested their livelihoods in. Santa Rosa is a healthier community because of businesses like Will and Gina’s. Taking that away will have a significant impact on our city.
Thank you,
Concerned Citizen
From: Michael Hilber
To: City Council Public Comments
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Public Comment, Agenda Item 14, August 4 2026 Date: Monday, August 3, 2026 4:38:37 PM
On Finley Avenue across from the Samuel Jones Shelter there is a protected pedestrian pathway. It is routinely blocked by cars being parked smack in it. And this is being ignored. Obviously a lack of enforcement. Ghetto Mexicans, tattoo covered. likely gang affiliated. The sort you expect to find in hell holes like Stockton.
Class IV Protected Pedestrian/Bicycle Pathway, which uses those white asphalt or concrete extruded curbs to physically separate walkers and cyclists from vehicle traffic lanes.
Parking inside this protected lane is a direct violation of California Vehicle Code 21209, which explicitly prohibits motor vehicles from driving or parking in designated bike and pedestrian paths, as well as Santa Rosa City Code governing blocked public rights-of-way. It completely defeats the safety purpose of the pathway, forcing vulnerable school children and neighbors out into the active vehicle lane.