“Sonoma County United in Crisis” Forms in Response to Pandemic – Community Groups Call for a “Real Community Bailout”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Mara Ventura(707) 293-2863mara@northbayjwj.com Leticia Romero(707) 529-0973leticia@northbayop.org Santa Rosa, CA – March 31, 2020: Just as our fires brought to the surface the vast inequalities in Sonoma County, so too has the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather than corporate bailouts and commitments to simply not evict families “for now,” we need a real community bailout, according to a newly formed advocacy group, “Sonoma County United in Crisis.” They point out that one in five Sonoma County residents are living in poverty1 and hundreds of thousands are now out of work. Members of our community ...