Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins
Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins speaks to the coastal community at the Del Mar Center Hall on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Photo by Leo Chyi.
Menka Sethi, Community Manager of The Sea Ranch is speaking about the community wide response to the storms of January 2023 while Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins takes notes. Photo by Leo Chyi.
Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins came to a meeting hosted by The Sea Ranch Forum on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. Supervisor Hopkins gave an update regarding Sonoma County Board of Supervisors' policies and upcoming votes before the attention was turned to reflecting on recent severe winter storms. Representatives from various agencies spoke about how they responded to January 4, 2023's "bomb cyclone" and its aftermath.
Speakers included:
Bonnie Plakos, Chief of the North Sonoma County Fire Protection District
Jason Warner, Chief of the South Coast Fire Protection District
Julie Bower, Manager for Ocean Ridge Airport in Gualala
Marshall Turbeville, Battalion Chief CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
Bronwyn Golly, Operations Manager of Coast Life Support District
Ara Charkabarti, Chief Executive Officer of Redwood Coast Medical District, (testimony by proxy)
Micheline White, Executive Director of Mendonoma Health Alliance
John Prescott, Director of Facilities & Resources, The Sea Ranch Association
Susie Gilley, Safety & Security Manager, The Sea Ranch Association
Jeff McFarland, Superintendent and Principal of Horicon Schools (testimony by proxy)
Leigh Anne Lindsey, Assistant Manager of KGUA Radio
Peggy Berryhill, Co-Founder and General Manager of KGUA Radio
Menka Sethi, Community Manager of The Sea Ranch Association
Hosted by Linda C. McCabe, Chair of The Sea Ranch Forum
with Barbara Schultz
and Scott Ignacio performing the technical assistance with the audio/visual equipment.
The Sea Ranch Forum is not an official function of The Sea Ranch Association. It is organized by Sea Ranch members and is independent of the Board of Directors and staff.
