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April 24, 2023 | County Administrator's Office

Board of Supervisors votes to change vacation rental regulations and rules for timeshares

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today voted to change vacation rental regulations, create caps and exclusion zones for vacation rentals and to define fractionally owned housing as timeshares. The first action involved creating a business license program that standardizes operating requirements for vacation rentals to protect neighbors from nuisances, while the second action placed caps and exclusion zones in specific neighborhoods in the first, fourth and fifth supervisorial districts to reduce over-concentration of vacation rentals in these areas. Read full story


April 24, 2023 | Human Resources Department

SCPA Negotiations Public Update

The County is pleased to announce that on 4/21/2023, the County and SCPA reached a comprehensive tentative agreement for a three-year successor labor contract. Read full story


April 24, 2023 | Human Resources Department

SCDPDAA Negotiations Public Update

The County is pleased to announce that on 4/21/2023, the County and SCDPDAA reached a comprehensive tentative agreement for a three-year successor labor contract. Read full story


April 24, 2023 | Sonoma Public Infrastructure

Public invited to share feedback at Penngrove traffic town hall meeting

Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt is inviting the public to share their thoughts and concerns about traffic in Penngrove at a town hall meeting. The event will be in person but will include an option to watch the forum and share feedback online. Read full story


April 24, 2023 | Department of Health Services

Notice of Intent to Award - RFP for Emergency Advanced Life Support Ground Ambulance Services for an Exclusive Operating Area in Sonoma County

The evaluation panel carefully reviewed and analyzed the proposals received in response to the above referenced solicitation. Based upon that review and analysis, Sonoma County Fire District received the highest score among all proposers. Read full story


April 21, 2023 | County Administrator's Office

Weekly Roundup for April 21, 2023

Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following: 1) Latest edition of SoCo Correspondent now available; 2) National prescription take-back day April 22; 3) April is Earthquake preparedness month; and 4) Other Sonoma County news of note Read full story


April 20, 2023 | Board of Supervisors Department

Local Coastal Plan Update - 4/20/23

There has been quite a bit of misinformation circling on the subject of parcel-specific zoning in the Local Coastal Plan (LCP). So I wanted to take a few paragraphs to provide some additional information and context about parcel-specific zoning in the LCP. Read full story


April 20, 2023 | County Administrator's Office

County of Sonoma Board of Supervisors to hold annual budget workshops April 25 to April 27

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will hold its annual budget workshops on April 25, 26 and 27 to provide county residents and taxpayers an opportunity to learn about the 2023-2024 fiscal year preliminary spending plan and provide input to the Board of Supervisors before it adopts a final budget in June. The County of Sonoma fiscal year runs July 1 through June 30. The workshops are informational, and the board will not make any budget determinations for fiscal year 2023-24 at them. Read full story


April 20, 2023 | Sonoma Public Infrastructure

Public meeting for Arnold Drive bike lane project scheduled for April 24

The County of Sonoma Department of Public Infrastructure will be hosting a virtual informational meeting on April 24 at 6:30 p.m. to mark the start of the engineering design and environmental phase of the Arnold Drive Bike Lane Project. Read full story


April 19, 2023 | Natural Resources

Board approves wholesale water rates for aging infrastructure

On April 18, the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) Board of Directors approved a wholesale water rate increase to address aging infrastructure and maintenance needs. The rates vary slightly depending on the aqueduct, with charges to communities located on the Petaluma aqueduct slightly lower than customers located on the Santa Rosa and Sonoma aqueducts. Read full story