July updates

• Esmerelda Parks & Open Space Workshop Wednesday July 30th, 6pm at the Cloverdale Vets Building, 205 W. First Street, Cloverdale. From Devon and the Esmerelda Team: "Our main goal for this workshop is to get input about what you would like to see in the park, so please bring your most creative ideas on Wednesday so that together we can weave them into the future plans."
• Russian River Property Owners Association "Water Talk" August 4th, 7-8pm at the Cloverdale Vets Building, 205 W. First Street, Cloverdale. Second in an ongoing series of community conversations about water in the Russian River watershed featuring Phil Williams, special counsel for the City of Ukiah with insights on the future of Coyote Valley Dam.
• See CloDems July 2025 letter to the community in Cloverdale Connect regarding the Potter Valley Project
• Save the date: 8/2 Rage Against the Regime, hosted by Sonoma Indivisible in Santa Rosa
• CloDems 8/19 meeting (agenda not yet posted)

What we're watching/reading

Pete Buttigieg says Democrats can’t go back to status quo after Trump | Morning Edition

American Conversations: Senator Mallory McMorrow of Michigan

Coming Up Short, A Memoir of My America by Robert B. Reich