Preserving Petaluma’s Historic Character
Our Mission: Petaluma Historic Advocates seeks to engage with our community in promoting harmonious urban growth within Petaluma’s unique historic downtown. We strive for consensus-based solutions through issues-based grassroots discussion, robust community engagement, and advocacy with our city officials.
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Referendum:
Let the voters decide!
On April 21, 2025 the Petaluma City Council voted to approve changes to the zoning laws governing development in Petaluma. These changes are designed specifically to accommodate the construction of a 6 story, monolithic luxury hotel in Petaluma’s historic downtown district.
This development would be totally out of scale and out of character with the historic downtown that Petalumans love and cherish.
We have vowed to protect Petaluma’s historic character, and therefore are now gathering signatures to put a Referendum on the ballot, to rescind the City Council’s decision.
Please help us in this effort, by signing the petition, volunteering to gather signatures, or by donating to cover legal fees and other referendum expenses.
The building mass of the proposed hotel as modeled by PHA from the developer’s drawings and placed in Google Earth.
photo credit: David Alan Boyd
Show Your Support
Supporting with a monetary donation is a direct contribution to protecting Petaluma’s historic downtown. PHA is taking legal and civic action to protect our city’s one-of-a-kind character for future generations. Please help us to defer these costs.
photo credit: David Alan Boyd
Meet Our Team
Meet the community leaders, architects and designers who are advocating for responsible development in Petaluma