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Petaluma City Council approves homeless action plan
08/25/2025
    “The city of Petaluma is showing an above-average...
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Petaluma motel site in line for $15 million from state for homeless housing conversion
08/25/2025
    The Montero Way property is up for purchase...
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Petaluma welcomes first nine homes at People’s Village emergency shelter site
08/25/2025
    The first phase of Petaluma’s pilot emergency shelter...
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Petaluma homeless residents anticipate March move-in at tiny home village
08/25/2025
    At least nine of the planned 25 housing...
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February 2022 | Working with Those Experiencing Homelessness
08/25/2025
    Part I: Interview with Jamieson Bunn, Chief Development...
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Commentary: Tiny homes a big solution for Petaluma
08/25/2025
    Committee on the Shelterless CEO Chuck Fernandez throws...
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Marge Popp: Volunteer of the Year
08/25/2025
    For her 32 years of service preparing meals...
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The COTS Raffle
08/06/2025
In 2018, Karl Bundesen, a local real estate agent, saw...
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Crystal M.
07/15/2025
Crystal started working as a server at 15, always dreaming...
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Jennifer B.
05/12/2025
Jennifer, a former client of COTS’ Kids First Family Shelter,...
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Chris K.
02/11/2025
Chris, now 33, grew up in a world full of...
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Meet Nadya
01/08/2025
COTS is celebrating the one-year “work-iversary” of Nadya Cabrera, the...
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