April 27, 2020

SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY

By Checker Bot

Updated 04-May-2020.

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Measure Y, Sonoma County library tax, passes: Two years after a similar proposal failed by a narrow margin, voters are supporting a measure to increase funding for the county’s library system by boosting sales taxes.

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the sonoma county library is a medium-sized public library system . it serves nine cities and unincorporated areas of Sonoma County, California . Santa Rosa’s second library building was dedicated in march 1904 with in 1945, the Sonoma County Free Public Library was founded . by 1950, the new system included a Central Library and four branches . a new Santa Rosa Central Library opened in 1967, to replace the old Carnegie Library in 1975, a county-wide Library Joint Powers Agreement was signed . new library buildings opened in Petaluma, Healdsburg and Guerneville . additional library branches opened in Santa Rosa’s Rincon Valley over 71% of the electorate approved the measure (Measure Y) the measure will be in effect for ten years . the bigger branches are located in the largest communities of Santa Rosa .