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D1 WINNER OF THE 2018 PULITZER PRIZE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019 • SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA • PRESSDEMOCRAT.COM Complaint incredibly detailed Whistleblower gathered carried out in stealth as it does He wove their accounts with gence community’s inspector about the alleged abuses of pow- other painstakingly gathered general, triggering an almost material meticulously, er by the president. material on everything from the immediate clash between the sparking political storm From the moment he learned intervention of Trump’s person- executive branch and Congress. about President Donald Trump’s al lawyer Rudy Giuliani in the Six weeks later, the whis- By GREG MILLER attempts to extract political dirt U.S.-Ukraine relationship to al- tleblower has by some measures WASHINGTON POST on former vice president Joe leged efforts by American diplo- managed to exceed what former Biden from the newly elected mats sent to Kiev and attorneys special counsel Robert Mueller WASHINGTON — The whis- leader of Ukraine on July 25, in the Office of the White House III accomplished in two years of Donald Rudy tleblower’s identity remains ob- the CIA officer behind the Counsel to contain or suppress investigating Trump: producing Trump Giuliani scured, the details of his work whistleblower report moved the accruing damage. a file so concerning and factually for the CIA cloaked in secrecy. swiftly behind the scenes to On Aug. 12, he delivered his sound that it has almost single- CLAIMS OF COVER-UP But the document he delivered assemble material from at least document — a nine-page ver- handedly set in motion the gears Whistleblower: President abused his reveals almost as much about a half-dozen highly placed — and sion of which was made public office, then tried to hide abuses / A9 the investigative mission he equally dismayed — U.S. officials. on Thursday — to the intelli- TURN TO WHISTLEBLOWER » PAGE A8 INSURANCE » Many 2017 victims about to lose temporary housing funds Post-fire aid expiring Marlene Orozco Latino group to track equality LOS CIEN » Effort to show county’s economic, political disparities By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Sonoma County’s largest Latino leadership group announced Thursday the start of a decadelong effort to track major indicators of social, economic and political disparity between whites and Latinos with an aim of promoting greater equality in the region. The campaign, labeled “Clos- ing the Gaps,” will be driven in part by a Sonoma County Lati- no Scorecard that identified BETH SCHLANKER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT 10 categories “where we see the Robin Gabbert and her husband, Con Jager, take in the construction site of their Fountaingrove condo Monday in Santa Rosa. greatest disparity for Latinos in our county,” Oscar Chavez, as- By BILL SWINDELL sistant director of the county’s THE PRESS DEMOCRAT Human Services Department, told an audience of 650 people ince retiring from her law practice, who packed a Sonoma State Uni- Robin Gabbert feels like she’s had a versity ballroom. Sfull-time job trying to rebuild after “For the first time, we’re the devastating 2017 North Bay wildfires. taking a deep dive into how to Gabbert and her husband, Con Jager, change the conditions on a local are like thousands of other fire survivors level,” Chavez said in an inter- who will not finish building new homes by view, calling the scorecard “a the second anniversary of the fires in ear- grand experiment.” ly October. Gabbert and Jager have been Chavez was one of three hampered by numerous delays rebuilding speakers at the sixth annual their Fountaingrove condominium, one State of the Latino Community of 30 that burned down at the Stonefield in Sonoma County symposium condo complex in Santa Rosa during the hosted by Los Cien, the leader- Tubbs fire. ship group nearing the 10-year “It’s a constant drain. It’s exhausting,” anniversary of its founding in said Gabbert, who sits on the board of the KENT PORTER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT a back room at a Santa Rosa Lisa Frazee, son Carl, 16, mom Gloria Sanchez and Howard Frazee inspect on Saturday the Wikiup restaurant. TURN TO INSURANCE » PAGE A2 lot where their house stood before it was destroyed in the Tubbs fire. TURN TO LOS CIEN » PAGE A6 Castro talks climate change, raises funds By TYLER SILVY of a California tour that saw Castro Castro said. THE PRESS DEMOCRAT bouncing in a low rider in Oakland on The fundraiser lined up with an Wednesday and will take him to San emailed plea for donations. Pointing Democratic presidential candidate Diego later this week. to the need to hit 2% in four major Julian Castro on Thursday made a Castro, whose home base is San polls, Castro, who is averaging 1.3%, fundraising stop in Sonoma County, Antonio, Texas, drew cheers when told supporters he needs to fund seeking a cash injection for a cam- he called climate change the big- “emergency ads” to boost that polling. paign he says will end in little more gest threat to the nation’s future and Before Thursday, Castro had raised than a month should he fail to qualify promised to immediately reverse one less than $1,000 from Sonoma County for the November debate. of President Trump’s signature roll- residents, according to the Federal The Sonoma County visit, orga- backs on environmental protection. Election Commission. Scott Atlas, BETH SCHLANKER / THE PRESS DEMOCRAT nized by Puma Springs Vineyards “My first executive order will be the campaign’s finance chairman, Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro CEO Barbara Grasseschi at Windsor’s to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord so speaks with Winnie Hogoboom during a fundraiser at El Gallo Negro restaurant, is part that we lead again on sustainability,” TURN TO CASTRO » PAGE A7 El Gallo Negro restaurant in Windsor on Thursday. Advice B7 Comics B6 Horoscopes B5 Nation-World B1 EPA’S DUBIOUS CLAIM: Agency claims SANTA ROSA ©2019 Business B8 Crossword B7 Lotto A2 Obituaries B3 California fails Clean Water Act as homeless High 72, Low 47 The Press Democrat Classified D9 Editorial A10 Movies D6 State news A6 people’s waste allegedly is everywhere / B1 THE WEATHER, C8.