01/22/2024
2023 Year in Review:
Honoring and being Inclusive of Cotati residents who belong to marginalized communities are what I am most proud of this last year. From LGBT+ and Juneteenth flag raising ceremonies to passing Sonoma County’s first Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire resolution, I couldn’t be more proud of our town. Thank you to each of you who attended a Council Meeting, a Coffee with Kay and/or expressed your opinions in writing over the past year. Please keep coming. Your voice matters.
Honoring Original People:
Honoring descendants of local Native People’s preference to not use image of Native person as city seal. Replacing image across Cotati with one representing Nature and our town’s center hexagonal plaza.
Protecting Senior Mobile Home Park:
Passed ordinance to preserve status of last senior-designated mobile home park in Cotati. Protecting affordable housing for Cotati’s seniors.
Flag Raisings:
Honoring and acknowledging the accomplishments of our city’s residents from the marginalized communities of LGBTQIA and African American.
• LGBTQIA Pride Flag raised with ceremony including former RCHS GSA President and Program Manager of LGBTQ Connections.
• Juneteenth Flag raised with ceremony including RCHS BSU President addressing the gathering, “Fruitdale” actress, Marjorie Crump Shears reading a poem and singing the Black National Anthem with Miles Rivers as the flag was raised.
Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire and Permanent Resolution to the Conflict:
Although this actually passed in January, public request for such a resolution came in December.
https://srp-prod-public-pdfs.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/MlbWBtjGSdV9h2u6MqAnJzPOMr4.pdf
Thank you.