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- Flood Recovery, Government Accountability, Public Art Grant, Forestville Park, Immigrant Support, Local Coastal Plan, Measure I Advisory Council Forming - 2.6.25
- 2025 Goals, Public Art Grants, Well & Septic, Tenant Rights, General Plan Update - 1.22.25
- BOS calendaring meeting, flood map update, community policing survey, west county service center, housing and more - 1.8.25
- MAC Meetings, School Unification Feasibility Report, We Take Care of Us Resource Recap, Ag & Open Space matching grants awarded for community spaces in Graton, Guerneville & Occidental - 12.11.24
- Emergency Update: Latest forecast, road closures, sandbags, and shelter availability
- We Take Care of Us Virtual Town Hall, Storm Forecast, Prescribed Burning, Commission and Advisory Council Vacancies, and more! 11.20.24
- Veterans Day, Election, Nov MAC meetings, MEHKOs, Housing Lottery, LCP at Coastal Commission, College Application Workshop
- Vote! Wastewater Solutions, Transportation Needs, EIFD, Youth Voice, Black Cod Week - 10.22.24
- River MAC, Black Cod Week, General Plan Update - 10-9-24
- Infrastructure Priorities, Mental Health Resource Fair, Neighborhood Radio Network, Airport Community Workshop - 9.24.24
- Sea Otters, Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD), River Cleanup and more - 9.9.24
- Expanded mental health services, skatepark improvements, renters' rights, Guerneville sidewalks, landline service & upcoming events 8.22.24
- River MAC, Cafecito, Renters Rights, Human Rights Commissioner, Groundwater 8.6.24
- General Plan Board Workshop Tuesday, MAC Applicants Sought for terms beginning 2025 7.22.24
- MAC Meetings, Park Rangers, Wellness, Household Hazardous Waste Collection - 7.10.24
- Emergency | Red Flag Warning & Heat Advisory - 7/1/24
- Hwy 116 Closure in Forestville, Community Spaces, Sewer Bill Assistance, Housing Vouchers - 6/27/24
- River MAC tomorrow, Pride, Septic Systems, Parks - 6/12/24
- Tree Ordinances, Public Safety, Support for Youth, Sanitation Rate Relief, Wildflowers 5/28/24
- Public Safety, Roads, Guerneville Plaza, Library - 5/15/24
- Fishing community update - 4/23/24
- Lower Russian River Governance Solutions Updates - 4/6/24
- Women's History Month in Sonoma County - 3/13/24
- New Leadership for 2024, Supervisor Hopkins Elected Vice Chair - 2/28/24
- It has been a wild, wet two weeks in West County! - 2/8/24
- Grand Opening of the 5th District Satellite Office Hub - 1/9/24
- The State of the world, the country, the County - 12/19/23
- Tree Ordinance Update - 12/4/23
- District 5 Staffing Update - 11/17/23
- Return your ballots for your new MAC representative(s) by October 31 - 10/27/23
- Call for Bike and Pedestrian Input - 10/11/23
- October 2: Roads Work Update - 10/2/23
- News from the 5th District - 9/19/23
- LCP and Coast Protection - 7/11/23
- Open Appointments + River MAC + Roads Detour + Governance - 7/10/23
- Moscow Rd, LCP, Public Safety, and BOS Actions - 6/13/23
- June 8 River MAC Agenda & Free Chipper Program
- LCP, Coast MAC Agenda Change & County News - 5.17.23
- LCP and Elderberry Commons Meetings and Updates - 4/12/23
- Tax and grant help for homeowners - 4/10/23
- Atmospheric River & River MAC Postponed - 3/8/23
- Vacation Rentals, Broadband, Infrastructure and more - 3/6/23
- Return to In-person meetings - Roads and River MAC - 2/14/23
- Housing Element, Roads, Governance Meetings - February 1, 2023
- Governance Workshop February 4 and MAC meetings updates - Jan 27, 2023
- Wet, Windy & Wild in West County - Jan 3. 2023
- December 2022 Good News - December 13, 2022
- July MAC and Good News! July 18th, 2022
- July Newsletter July 5th, 2022
- June News and MAC June 13, 2022
- May Community News May 12th 2022
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- Hot Topics January 25, 2022
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- Town Halls - Disaster Prep and Occidental/Graton Sewer June 20, 2021
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- May Newsletter May 13, 2021
- COVID Assistance / Community Meetings April 29, 2021
- COVID opening and State June 15 date April 7, 2021
- Shelter In Place Health Order March 17, 2020
- COVID-19 Emergency Declared March 2, 2020
- 5th District Updates February 29, 2020
- Addressing Homelessness - News from the 5th District - January 15, 2020
- Keeping Cool this Holiday Weekend, September 1st, 2022
- West County Progress - December 21, 2022
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Biography of Lynda Hopkins
Organic Farmer & Small Business Owner
After graduating from Stanford, Lynda joined the man she loves -- her husband Emmett -- in his childhood home of Sonoma County. The couple put down roots together by starting Foggy River Farm, a diversified organic farm, on the Hopkins family property. Lynda and Emmett now have two daughters and a son: Gillian, Addy, and Linden. They're the fourth generation to pick apples from the old Gravenstein apple trees by the Russian River.
Community Leadership
When not busy sowing seeds or milking goats, Lynda has served the community:
- As Executive Director of Sonoma County Farm Trails, she worked with dozens of family farmers to help keep small-scale farming viable.
- As a community journalist with Sonoma West Publishers, she spent years researching, reporting and informing the community through local West County newspapers.
- As Board Secretary of Farm to Pantry, she has helped manage an organization that moved over 100 tons of gleaned farm-fresh produce to those in need, and shepherded the organization into its current 501(c)3 status.
- As a member of the Leadership Circle of Community Alliance with Family Farmers (North Coast chapter), she advocated for sensible streamlined land use policy.
Education
At Stanford University, Lynda immersed herself in interdisciplinary environmental problem solving. She studied coastal land use and environmental sciences, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree through the Oceans Track of the Earth Systems Program. As an undergraduate, she conducted research on coral bleaching and the impacts of industry on the Great Barrier Reef and a remote atoll in the Central Pacific.
Serving as a head teaching assistant for the Earth Systems program, she paid her way through two years of further study to earn a Master of Science Degree, focusing this time on mass transit, land use policy, and the communication of these topics to the public. She also earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Creative Writing.
Skills & Philosophy
On the Board of Supervisors, Lynda brings:
- New approaches to solving old problems, and outside-the-box thinking
- A commitment to truth and accuracy
- Pragmatic idealism & community-based solutions
- An ability to bring people together for community and consensus building
- Governmental transparency
- Foresight: planning for the future, not trading short-term gain for long-term loss
- An ability to approach things from many different stakeholder perspectives
- Personal integrity, a strong work ethic, and an enthusiasm for solving problems