Bay Area mayor Dominic Foppoli refuses to resign after sex assault allegations
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Dominic Foppoli, mayor of Windsor, Calif., in his official portrait. The mayor has been accused by multiple women of sexual assaults dating back to 2002.Windsor Town Council/Handout
The mayor of Windsor, a small town in Sonoma County, is under a sheriff s investigation after five women stepped forward with allegations of sexual assault.
Five women told the San Francisco Chronicle that Dominic Foppoli, 38, assaulted them. The alleged incidents took place from 2002 to 2019 and include claims of forced oral copulation and rape, prompting the Sonoma County Sheriff s Office to open an investigation, the Chronicle reported. (SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate independently of one another.)
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An aerial view of devastated areas of eastern Santa Rosa after last September s Glass fire. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat)
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During the Glass fire, elderly fire evacuees from Oakmont Gardens wait in a city bus for shelter. (Erik Castro / for The Press Democrat)
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Protesters face off against a line of police officers on Third Street in Santa Rosa, Calif., on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Beth Schlanker / The Press Democrat)