Protect Open Space and Prevent Sprawl – Vote Yes on W in Sonoma

If you love our City of Sonoma as much as we do, we encourage you to Vote Yes on Measure W to renew the City of Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary in the November 3, 2020, General Election to: 

– Protect open space and farmland
– Prevent sprawl
– Support Affordable Housing
– Promote city-centered growth where public services already exist
– Preserve Sonoma’s rural and small scale character
– Encourage a diverse, climate-wise and healthy community
– Keep the voice of voters central in deciding our city’s future

Vote Yes on Measure W in Sonoma!

 

CAN YOU HELP WITH ONE OF THESE EASY ACTIONS? Action 1: Vote Yes on Measure W Action 2: Endorse Measure W here. Action 3: Request gorgeous lawn sign for your yard. Action 3: Donate for Lawn Signs ($15 each!) and mailings. https://sonomaugb.com/contribute Can you write a letter to the editor? Send an email to your friends and neighbors? Help us set up a Zoom call with your group? Please email us at RenewSonomaUGB@gmail.com MORE ABOUT YES ON MEASURE W AND RENEWING THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY What’s a UGB? Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) is a line beyond which its city border cannot extend and development cannot occur without majority voter approval by its citizens, except in particular and well-defined cases, including for 100 percent affordable housing. When? Sonoma’s current UGB was placed on the ballot through the initiative process, approved by 64% of its voters in 1999, and went into effect in 2000 for a period of twenty years. Now that it is expiring, we the voters can renew it by voting Yes on Measure W in the November 3, 2020 General Election. What if? If the voter protections for the City of Sonoma’s UGB are not renewed in 2020, its boundary can be modified by the vote of a simple majority on the City Council at any time. This would put the future of Sonoma on the ballot in every City Council election, every two years. JOIN US IN VOTING YES ON MEASURE W in SONOMA! The Citizens to Renew the City of Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary Jack Ding, Nancy Kirwan, Larry Barnett, Carol Marcus, Johana Patri, Bill Willers, Teri Shore and many more! P.S. Check out our growing list of Yes on Measure W endorsers including environmental and labor organizations, current and former elected officials and commission members, and a broad spectrum of the public at large. JOIN THE CROWD OF ENDORSERS OF YES ON MEASURE W! Copyright © 2020 Citizens to Renew the City of Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Citizens to Renew the City of Sonoma’s Urban Growth Boundary 755 Broadway Sonoma, CA 95476-7010 Add us to your address book