The city of Napa is inviting residents to share their input on the boundaries of new voting districts to guide local elections through the decade.
As part of an education campaign for the redistricting project, Napa has launched an informational website that includes a worksheet for residents to describe the communities where they live. Information collected through the survey, combined with results of the 2020 U.S. Census, will shape the redrawing of the four districts each represented by City Council members, two of whom will be elected in November 2022 and in each even-numbered year.
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The Napa City Councilâs debate over requiring larger grocery stores to temporarily boost their employeesâ wages during the coronavirus emergency has fizzled.
Instead, the council last week unanimously passed a proclamation of thanks to essential workers most vulnerable to exposure to COVID-19.
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âThe City Council expresses its sincere gratitude to the essential employees who worked tirelessly during the pandemic, answering the call to serve our community and putting the needs of others ahead of their own, and who continue to provide essential goods and services to all,â the proclamation reads. âTheir sacrifices do not go unnoticed and will not be forgotten.â
Damian DeSena photo
The outside of the home Pacaso purchased at 1627 Rainier Avenue.
On Friday, following neighborhood protest, CEO and Napa resident
Austin Allison said his company was removing the Rainier Avenue
listing from its website and pausing all showings to
re-evaluate whether this property is the best fit for their
portfolio.
Sarah Klearman
This is a photograph of Gayle Olsonâs website advertising a yoga
retreat at a Pacaso home in east Napa where she is a fractional
owner. The offering was taken down following the Registerâs
inquiry
Many Napans heard the name Pacaso for the first time this week.
Many Napans heard the name Pacaso for the first time this week.
The real estate startupâs million-dollar purchase of a house in Napaâs Bel Aire neighborhood in early April caught the attention of the propertyâs neighbors, many of whom shared their opposition to Pacasoâs business model during public comment at Napa City Councilâs meeting Tuesday afternoon.
âI was like â âyouâre kidding. Come on. On this street? Why would anyone want to live on this street in that sort of format?ââ neighbor Thom Licthenstein, a 26-year resident of the Bel Aire neighborhood, told the Register this week of his reaction to news of the propertyâs purchase by Pacaso.