The Cotati City council is officially taking no position on Measure J that would ban “concentrated animal feeding operations” — or “factory farms” in Sonoma County. This bucks a trend in the county as Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, and Cloverdale councils have all voiced opposition to the controversial measure. A couple of the Cotati council members expressed discomfort with taking a public stand in opposition.
