Preparing for a New Administration

I attended the all-day meeting of the Board of Supervisors and Department Directors on Friday at the Sebastopol Vets Bldg.  The biggest single set of conclusions is that the BOS is preparing fo the Trump administration to: 1) deport residents, which may cause a reduction in the use of (and payment for) County services by those who fear that programs will share their information with ICE; 2) reduce funding for many local programs serving all of our residents; 3) deny reimbursement for much of the Covid19 service delivery undertaken by the County through DEMA; 4) reexamine the pace of the allocation of any local revenues and reserve funds in anticipation of their need to respond to the conditions described above.

It was clear that most in the room were encouraging the Board to both proceed with its generally progressive moral and fiscal agenda for the next year, and also be prepared to use its revenues and talents to prepare for the chaos and abandonment represented by the intentions of the Trump Administration.