After about five years of deliberations, the California North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board last year approved a plan to address pollution in the Russian River. Up to 10,000 properties in Sonoma County will be affected by the rules. To help citizens deal with the regulations, the county — about an hour north of San Francisco in wine country — hired Alisha O’Loughlin as an ombudsperson to explain the changes, answer questions and generally be a resource for citizens. Pumper talked with O’Loughlin just a month after she started the job.
Pumper: Have you been a county resident for a
