Editing Santa Rosa, California (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Law enforcement===
The [[Santa Rosa Police Department]] currently has 259 employees, of which 172 are sworn peace officers. Its budget is more than $40 million, comprising more than one third of the city's General Fund budget. Police shootings in 2007 led to calls for an independent civilian police review board.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |date=March 30, 2007 |title=Fatal police shootings rekindle review debate/Recent cases raise decade-old concerns over agencies' abilities to investigate each other}}</ref>

===Fire department===
The '''Santa Rosa Fire Department''' provides [[fire protection]] and [[emergency medical services]]. Ambulance services are provided by Sonoma County Fire Department working in partnership with Medic Ambulance Service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home Page|url=http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/fire/Pages/default.aspx|website=Santa Rosa Fire Department|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

The Santa Rosa Fire Department, like many departments across the United States, made its start as a [[Volunteer fire department|volunteer organization]] on February 12, 1861.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/fire/aboutus/history/Pages/default.aspx|website=Santa Rosa Fire Department|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> Decades later in 1894 the department made its transition to a paid organization. In 1906 a massive [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|7.8 magnitude earthquake]] destroyed most of Santa Rosa.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php|website=USGS|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> The department grew to 100 firefighters in 1983 with the addition of the city of [[Roseland, California|Roseland]] to the SRFD responsibility area.<ref name=history/> Many members of the department serve as part of the [[Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4|California Task Force 4]], one of the eight [[FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force]]s throughout the state. The team, which is deployed as part of the nation's response to disasters both within and outside of the United States, specializes in dealing with large-scale disasters.<ref>{{cite web|title=About TF-4|url=http://www.catf-4.us/index.cfm?Section=10&PageNum=78|website=California Task Force 4|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

===Transportation===
====Road====
[[File:Downtown Santa Rosa, 4th & D.jpg|thumb|The intersection of 4th & D Streets in downtown Santa Rosa]]
The city sprawls along the [[U.S. Route 101]] freeway, about an hour north of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] and the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. [[Sonoma County Transit]] provides local bus service in the city. Into the 1950s, the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] offered substitute bus service from [[Crockett, California|Crockett]] in the northwestern edge of the San Francisco Bay.<ref>'Official Guide of the Railways,' December 1954, p. 900</ref>

====Rail====
[[Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit]] (SMART) brought passenger railway back to Santa Rosa for the first time in 59 years, opening on August 25, 2017. It operates two railway stations within the city limits: [[Santa Rosa–Guerneville Road (SMART station)|Guerneville Road]] and [[Santa Rosa–Railroad Square (SMART station)|Railroad Square]]. Trains serve locations as far south as [[Larkspur, California|Larkspur]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ksro.com/2017/08/17/breaking-smart-service-set-to-begin-august-25th/|title=BREAKING: SMART Service Set to Begin August 25th|date=August 17, 2017|work=KSRO|access-date=October 12, 2017|language=en-us}}</ref>  Into the 1950s, the [[Northwestern Pacific Railroad]] operated a passenger train from [[Eureka, California|Eureka]], through Santa Rosa, to San Rafael at the north edge of the Bay.<ref>'Official Guide of the Railways,' December 1954, p. 904</ref>

The [[Amtrak Thruway#7|Amtrak Thruway 7]] bus provides daily connections to/from Santa Rosa (with a curbside stop at 2012 Range Avenue), [[Martinez station|Martinez]] to the south, and [[Arcata, California|Arcata]] to the north. Additional [[Amtrak]] connections are available from Martinez station.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://amtraksanjoaquins.com/route-7/ | title=Route 7 }}</ref>

====Air====
[[Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport]] located just north of Santa Rosa is served by [[American Airlines|American]], [[Alaska Airlines|Alaska]], and [[Avelo Airlines|Avelo]] Airlines. Nonstop jet flights are available to Los Angeles ([[LAX]]), Burbank (BUR), San Diego (SAN), Santa Ana [[Orange County Airport]] (SNA), Portland (PDX), Seattle (SEA), Las Vegas (LAS), Phoenix (PHX) and Redmond, Oregon (RDM) with seasonal nonstop service operated to Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and Palm Springs (PSP). A [[Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit]] (SMART) train station is located near the airport with shuttle bus service available between the rail station and the airline passenger terminal. Sonoma County Airport Express buses also connect Santa Rosa with [[Oakland International Airport]] and [[San Francisco International Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/|title=Sonoma County Shuttle Routes - Groome Transportation - Book Now|website=Groome Transportation}}</ref>

====Motor-minimal travel====
The Prince Memorial Greenway is a developed bicycle and pedestrian path along Santa Rosa Creek through downtown and out to the west of town. Near Railroad Square, it connects directly to the [[Joe Rodota Trail]], a paved path which terminates in [[Sebastopol, California|Sebastopol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/parks/pk_rodta.htm|access-date=March 23, 2009|publisher=Sonoma County Regional Parks|title=Joe Rodota Trail}}</ref>  Santa Rosa is on the path of the partially-developed [[Great Redwood Trail]] which will run "from San Francisco Bay in Marin County to Humboldt Bay in the north."<ref>{{cite web |title=Home |url=http://www.thegreatredwoodtrail.org/ |website=The Great Redwood Trail}}</ref>