A Call to Action The Downtown Overlay being pushed by the City Council. An Opportunity to stop the overlay. There were two major issues that compelled me to run for city council. One was to bring our planning staff back in-house and not have it...
A Call to Action The Downtown Overlay being pushed by the City Council. An Opportunity to stop the overlay. There were two major issues that compelled me to run for city council. One was to bring our...
The Election Results Helen Putnam Park at Night. Several races didn’t go the way we had hoped, including mine. It doesn’t look like we are going to win this one, but the...
Petaluma’s Next General Plan A picture of the Ghirardelli Barn in 2005, shortly after it was moved from D Street. You think the Downtown Overlay is Scary? A major issue in the current Petaluma City...
We Need to Protect Our Ecosystem A picture I took of Scott Ranch back in 2003. My “day job” is being a landscape photographer. I go out in nature and try to capture its beauty in a single image. I...
A Way to Increase the Supply of Affordable Housing A Mailbox and Roses in a Petaluma Neighborhood The main reason we don’t have more affordable housing in my opinion is because of the complicated way...
Flooding and Sea Level Rise in Petaluma A Photograph of the Sid Commons 180 Unit Housing Site Petaluma is a river town (or more accurately a slough city). Our town has alternated between relying on...
The City of Petaluma Government is Broken – Typical afternoon traffic dealing with the re-Striping of D Street – We have a dysfunctional city council in Petaluma. For too many years, major...
Facts about the DOWNTOWN HOUSING & ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OVERLAY This is the first of a series of essays I am writing about what is happening in our town. I am starting with the overlay, because I...
My Campaign Sign I am Running for Petaluma City Council in District 6 My name is Lance Kuehne (pronounced “Keen”) and I have lived in Petaluma for 22 years and founded and operated the Riverfront Art...