Here are our recommendations to date for selected offices and measures in the Nov. 5 election. In California, child care fees can rival mortgage payments. Sonoma County has an added problem: limited availability. More than 400 licensed child care slots disappeared overnight in the 2017 firestorm, and more closed during the pandemic. Measure I would generate about $30 million a year to increase access to child care for low- and middle-income children and expand children’s health and mental health programs, including perinatal and pediatric services.