Editing Windsor, California (section)

==Government==

The Town of Windsor is a general law city governed by a five-member Town Council, including the mayor and vice mayor. The position of mayor became an elected one as of the November 2020 election;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Varian|first=Ethan|date=November 4, 2020|title=Foppoli secures victory in inaugural Windsor mayoral race|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/incumbent-dominic-foppoli-set-to-win-race-for-windsor-mayor-debora-fudge-a/|access-date=April 10, 2021|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref> the vice mayor is non-elected and is chosen annually among the members of the Town Council. Council members serve four-year staggered terms, with elections occurring every two years. Beginning with the November 2020 election, council members are elected by district rather than city-wide, except for the mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kovner|first=Guy|date=December 20, 2019|title=Bypassing Latina councilwoman, Windsor's mayoral pick didn't make history|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/windsor-mayoral-appointment-stirs-talk-of-race-and-gender-barriers/|access-date=April 10, 2021|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref>

The Town Council hires a Town Manager to carry out policies and serve as executive officer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bordas|first=Alexandria|date=May 7, 2019|title=Windsor names permanent town manager|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/windsor-offers-interim-town-manager-permanent-position/|access-date=April 10, 2021|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref>

{{As of|2022|November}}, Rosa Reynoza is acting mayor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/election/article/After-sex-assault-scandals-Rosa-Reynoza-wins-17572700.php | title=Rosa Reynoza wins mayoral seat in Windsor following previous mayor's sex scandals | date=November 9, 2022 }}</ref> On April 8, 2021, the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' published an article where four women accused then Mayor Dominic Foppoli of sexual assault between 2003 and 2019. Following that, five more women came forward accusing Foppoli of sexual assault, leading to public outrage and calls for him to resign.<ref name="BordasDizikes1">{{cite news |last1=Bordas |first1=Alexandria |last2=Dizikes |first2=Cynthia |title=He's a mayor and Wine Country 'prince.' Four women say he sexually assaulted them |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/windsor-mayor-dominic-foppoli-sexual-assault-allegations/ |access-date=April 26, 2021 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> Foppoli officially resigned on May 21, 2021, after reality TV personality [[Farrah Abraham]] publicly accused him of sexually assaulting her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/windsor-mayor-dominic-foppoli-resigns-amid-sexual-assault-investigation/?artslide=0|title=Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli resigns after new assault allegation by former reality TV star|date=May 21, 2021}}</ref>

=== State ===
In the [[California State Legislature]], Windsor is located in [[California's 2nd State Senate district|the 2nd Senate district]] and [[California's 2nd State Assembly district|the 2nd Assembly district]].

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], Windsor is in {{Representative|cacd|2|fmt=district}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|2|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>

According to the [[Secretary of State of California|California Secretary of State]], as of February 10, 2019, Windsor has 15,446 registered voters. Of those, 7,210 (46.7%) are registered [[California Democratic Party|Democrats]], 3,500 (22.7%) are registered [[California Republican Party|Republicans]], and 3,942 (25.5%) have [[Decline to State|declined to state]] a political party.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/ror-odd-year-2019/politicalsub.pdf|title=CA Secretary of State – Report of Registration – February 10, 2019|website=ca.gov|access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref>