County Pushes Its Own Fire-Safety Regulations

“Skeptics of the county’s regulations, many of whom have been following the back-and-forth for over a year, say the county’s regulations do not exceed the state regulations, but are instead an attempt to sidestep state regulations in order to continue development in rural areas.”

BOHEMIAN: County Pushes Its Own Fire-Safety Regulations

by Will Carruthers

An airplane flies over a Sonoma County vineyard this August. - CHRISTIAN SPANGENBERG