Sebastopol’s city council agreed, 3-2, to remove idle newspaper stands from the city’s sidewalks, but rejected a restrictive ban on sitting or lying on public sidewalks. photo credit: City of Sebastopol
KRCB News reporters regularly speak with fellow reporters at other news publications around Sonoma County and the North Bay about topics affecting our listeners.
For this reporter’s conversation, KRCB’s Noah Abrams spoke with Laura Hagar Rush, reporter and editor at the Sebastopol Times about two items discussed at this week’s Sebastopol city council meeting. One is an effort to remove derelict newspaper stands from city streets, the other, an attempt to prohibit sitting or lying on city sidewalks during certain hours. The latter effort was successful.
Below is their conversation.…