Napa County
Glamptown races
100
- Number of upscale trailers, yurts and tents (plus a pool) proposed as a 12.5-acre luxury ‘glamping’ resort along a flood-prone area of Milliken Creek near the Silverado Trail in Napa.
1,195
- Signatures of Napa residents gathered for a change.org petition opposing the so-called Grange Campground. The proposal was rejected Feb. 18 in a 2-3 vote by the Napa City Council.
Sonoma County
Document this!
$500k
- Amount approved Feb. 4 by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to support educating immigrant communities about their legal rights related to immigration status in this time of ‘uncertainty nationwide.’
29,000
- Estimated number of undocumented immigrants residing in Sonoma County in 2024, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
$258 million
- Amount Sonoma County’s undocumented residents contribute to public services annually, according to national averages from the California Budget & Policy Center.
Cheaper by the dozen?
$9.17
- Average price of a dozen eggs in California, according to a Feb. 14 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
$2
- Surcharge on egg dishes at Mac’s Deli in Santa Rosa; other restaurants are considering similar menu charges while prices of eggs remain at all-time highs.
Marin County
Buck trends
$8 – 10 million
- Estimated funding gap the Buck Institute for Research on Aging would face if the Trump administration’s proposed 15% cap on certain grant-associated costs from the National Institute of Health go into effect.
14%
- Portion of the Buck Institute’s $63 million budget that would be lost if the cap takes effect, an amount Buck CEO Eric Verdin says calls into question “the survival of the institute.”
- Source: Marin Independent Journal
