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November 06, 2020 | Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach

Recruitmentopen for new full-time Administrative Support Services Manager

The Administrative Support Services Managerwill report to the Assistant County Administrator and will be directlyresponsible for providing services to three different departments: CAO, Officeof Equity, and the Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach(IOLERO). Read full story


November 04, 2020 | Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach

Measure P passed, what comes next for IOLERO?

As you probably know by now, Measure P is poised to pass with approximately two-thirds of the vote. With this victory, Sonoma County voters showed their overwhelming desire for enhanced law enforcement oversight. Read full story


November 03, 2020 | Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters

Public Notice of 1% Manual Tally for November 3, 2020 Consolidated General Election

The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters Office will randomly draw the precincts and batches to be hand tallied as a check of the ballot counting equipment on Monday, November 9, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. at the Registrar of Voters Office, 435 Fiscal Dr., Santa Rosa. Read full story


November 02, 2020 | Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach

Reminder about the CAC's virtual meeting TONIGHT

We are sending this message to remind you about the November Community Advisory Council (CAC) meeting which is tonight at 6pm via Zoom. Read full story


October 23, 2020 | County Administrator's Office

Sonoma County addedto Federal Major Disaster Declaration for Glass Fire

On Oct. 22, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that three additional counties – Napa, Shasta and Sonoma – had been added to the Major Disaster Declaration, initially approved by The White House on Oct 16, 2020, to bolster the state’s emergency response to wildfires across the state and support impacted residents. Read full story


October 23, 2020 | County Administrator's Office

El Condado de Sonoma se agrega a laDeclaración Federal de Catástrofe por el Incendio Glass

El 22 de octubre de 2020, el Gobernador GavinNewsom anunció que se habían agregado tres condados más, Napa, Shasta y Sonoma,a la Declaración de Catástrofe, inicialmente aprobada por la Casa Blanca el <a href="http://www.oesnews.com/three-additional-counties-added-to-presidential-major-disaster-declaration-to-support-states-response-to-wildfires/" title="16de octubre">16de octubre, para reforzar la respuesta del Estado a la emergencia generalizadade los incendios forestales y apoyar a los residentes damnificados. Read full story


October 23, 2020 | Human Resources Department

Message From County Administrator

On Tuesday, theBoard of Supervisors unanimously endorsed a suite of actions to slow the spreadof coronavirus by providing direct support to those most negatively impacted. Read full story


October 22, 2020 | Department of Health Services

ChildhoodLead Poisoning Prevention Week

October 25th through 31st is Childhood LeadPoisoning Prevention Week. This year’s statewide Lead Week message is “Evensmall amounts of lead can harm a child’s health. Read full story


October 21, 2020 | Independent Office of Law Enforcement Review and Outreach

Watchdog report: Sonoma County sheriff agrees to policy changes

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to vastly expand training on implicit bias and crisis intervention, create and adopt an overarching de-escalation policy and launch an investigation into the accuracy of dispatch reports. Read full story


October 20, 2020 | Office of the District Attorney

Student Debt Relief

Have you received an email offering to help you reduce yourmonthly student loan debt.  Be cautious that it is not a scam. Read full story