Marin County
Surf’s Up!
109
- Days Bolinas Beach was closed at end of 2024, due to suspected human sewage flowing down in several spots from cliffs adjacent to the Big Mesa neighborhood
10
- Gallons of sewage flowing into the ocean per minute at the height of the Bolinas Beach closure
- Source: County of Marin
Sonoma County
Ba-bump!
$59.37 million
- Amount allocated by the City of Petaluma for a five-year plan to repair its litany of potholes.
107
- Petaluma’s rank among 109 Bay Area jurisdictions on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s list of pavement conditions. Only Pacifica and Vallejo finished lower.
1,266
- Number of potholes repaired in 2024 by the County of Sonoma, which ranked 8 out of 9 counties on the MTC’s pavement-conditions list.
- Source: County of Sonoma
Special Ed
19%
- Portion of students in Santa Rosa City Schools district identified as requiring special education services—the state average is 12.5%.
$26 million
- Amount Santa Rosa City Schools spends per year on over-identifying students into special education, according to an analysis by consulting firm Educational Strategic Planning LLC.
- Source: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Napa County
Curbing Homelessness
415
- People experiencing homelessness in Napa in 2024, an 18% decrease from the previous year.
- Source: 2024 Point In Time Homeless Count
4
- Number of hours RVs are allowed to park in the same space in Napa, under new regulations that took effect in January, which critics paint as an attempt to rid the city of people living in their vehicles.
