UKIAH, CA., 10/10/16 —  More than two-thirds of the streets in Ukiah are covered with a black web of broken asphalt. A ride down some sections of Observatory Avenue can feel like a full-body percussion experience. Two measures to address Ukiah’s crumbling streets will come before the voters in November. Measure Y would amend the […]
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Supe Woodhouse under “Doctor’s care,” will not return till at least Nov.
District three remains without representation.
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PRESS RELEASE: State Dollars for Homeless Services Reach North Coast for the First Time in Years
Between the Emergency Solutions Grant awards and the $2 billion No Place Like Home initiative funding which will begin to roll out in 2017, Senator McGuire believes it is a top priority to get all stakeholders together in the same room (or watching online) for an informative and accessible Town Hall later this month. At the Town Hall, representatives from the state, federal agencies and advocates and non-profits who have found successful projects and funding sources will present their ideas, findings and opportunities to address homelessness.
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Ukiah Homeless Shelter Gets Federal Funds
Until this year, small rural non-profits had to compete with organizations rich enough to ask for money. But with a new distribution of federal funds, the Ford Street Project in Ukiah  has leveraged $200k in federal money to help the homeless.
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Brief supervisors meeting focuses on homelessness
The Supervisors asked the Health and Human Services Agency to submit a more detailed description of the emergency winter shelter, which will probably be in Ukiah, before they agree to vote on it.