Weekly roundup for January 17, 2025
Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following: 1) Free electronics recycling event this weekend; 2) 2025 Economic Perspective event Jan. 30; 3) Community public art project grants available; 4) Latest Sonoma County career opportunities; and 4) Other Sonoma County news of note.
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Weekly roundup for January 17, 2025
Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following: 1) Free electronics recycling event this weekend; 2) 2025 Economic Perspective event Jan. 30; 3) Community public art project grants available; 4) Latest Sonoma County career opportunities; and 4) Other Sonoma County news of note.
Notice of Public Hearing Sonoma County Housing Authority PHA Five Year Plan for FY 2025-2030 & PHA Annual Plan for FY 2024-2025
The Sonoma County Community Development Committee, in its capacity as the governing body of the Sonoma County Housing Authority, will hold a public hearing on March 19, 2025, to review the Public Housing Authority (PHA) Five Year Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2030 and the PHA Annual Plan for FY 2024-2025 for the Sonoma County Housing Authority.
Notice of Intent to Award: RFP for Sexually Transmitted Infection and Hepatitis C Prevention and Collaboration
The evaluation panel carefully reviewed and analyzed the proposals received in response to the above referenced solicitation. Based upon that review and analysis, we are recommending to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors that associated contracts be awarded to the following vendors: Face to Face/Sonoma County AIDS Network; Santa Rosa Community Health Centers
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Board of Supervisors boosts Sonoma County’s Living Wage to $23.15 per hour starting July 1
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today raised the County’s Living Wage to $23.15 an hour, a 28 percent increase designed to offset the impact of inflation and catch up to pay levels set by other Bay Area counties and cities with similar wage ordinances.
Sonoma County tenant rights town halls set for January 29 in Santa Rosa and January 30 in Monte Rio
Sonoma County will host in-person town hall meetings in Santa Rosa on Jan. 29 and in Monte Rio on Jan. 30 to update residents about their tenant protection rights including new rights recently adopted by the Board of Supervisors. As of Jan. 1, the rules require landlords to report evictions to the County using a newly created web portal. The informational sessions, which will include Spanish interpretation, will feature representatives from Legal Aid of Sonoma County and the Sonoma County Counsel’s office.
Department of Emergency Management announces public meetings seeking input on Hazard Mitigation Plan
Sonoma County’s Department of Emergency Management will host its second in a series of public meetings to seek public input on updating the County’s 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan. The in-person meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 5 p.m. at Herzog Hall, 175 Fairgrounds Drive, Petaluma. Live in-person Spanish interpretation will be made available.