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Residents urge Sonoma council to fund public art and broaden Sebastiani property uses beyond a hotel

Sonoma City Council · March 19, 2026
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During public comment, residents pressed the council to establish sustainable public-art funding and urged that the Sebastiani property’s land-use examples include senior-living and other options rather than only a hotel.

Speakers during the public-comment period urged the council to support public art and to broaden the example uses noted in the draft general-plan materials for the Sebastiani property.

Jan Erickson, a 53-year resident and former teacher, described long experience with local arts programs and asked the council to include funding for public art. “The arts help generate revenue. They give our residents a sense of pride and togetherness,” Erickson said,…

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