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November 21, 2024 | Economic Development Collaborative
Creative Sonoma Announces #TeachTheArts campaign to promote arts education, boost local teaching workforce
Creative Sonoma, a division of the Sonoma County Economic Development Collaborative, today announced the launch of #TeachTheArts, a new campaign to inform and encourage artists, particularly student artists, to consider a career in arts education. The campaign was created by a committee of local arts, education, and cultural partners convened by Creative Sonoma to promote job opportunities in arts education resulting from Prop 28 funding. It is designed to boost the local arts educator workforce by highlighting the demand for arts teachers and by engaging students who have an interest in dance, theatre, music, visual art, and media arts. Read full story
November 19, 2024 | Auditor-Controller Treasurer-Tax Collector Department
Sonoma County fraud hotline receives 99 reports of suspected fraud, waste or abuse since creation in 2021
A hotline created in 2021 to allow Sonoma County employees, members of the public and vendors to anonymously report cases of suspected fraud, waste or abuse in County government received 99 tips in its first three years of operation, the County of Sonoma announced today. Read full story
November 19, 2024 | Department of Emergency Management
County Department of Emergency Management to receive international preparedness award
The Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management has been selected to receive an international award for a program that introduces local high school students to emergency management. The County will be honored for its Model Emergency Operations Center program at the International Association of Emergency Managers conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Wednesday. Read full story
November 18, 2024 | Permit Sonoma
Sonoma County Local Coastal Plan approved
The California Coastal Commission has certified Sonoma County’s Local Coastal Plan, a foundational planning document that regulates land use and protects resources along the 55-mile shoreline. The unanimous approval on November 14 ensures the County’s permitting authority for development within the Coastal Zone, which extends from between a half mile and five miles from the coast in Sonoma County. Read full story
November 18, 2024 | County Administrator's Office
Sonoma County tenant rights town hall set for December 4 in Sonoma Valley
Sonoma County will host an in-person town hall in Boyes Hot Springs on Dec. 4 to update residents about their tenant protection rights including new rights recently adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The informational session, which will include Spanish interpretation, will feature representatives from Legal Aid of Sonoma County and the Sonoma County Counsel’s office. Read full story
November 18, 2024 | Natural Resources
Russian River inflatable dam to be lowered in advance of forecast storm
In anticipation of a series of storms arriving in the next week and elevated river flows, the Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) will begin the process of lowering its rubber dam located in the Russian River near Forestville on Tuesday, November 19. Sonoma Water routinely lowers the rubber dam when Russian River flow forecasts show the river exceeding 1,600 cubic feet per second to prevent damage to the rubber dam from high flows. Read full story
November 15, 2024 | Board of Supervisors Department
Sonoma County Fifth Supervisorial District to host “We Take Care of Us” virtual town hall on November 20
West Sonoma County residents are invited to a November 20 virtual town hall that will showcase local organizations and the support they provide to the community. The town hall will include remarks from Rep. Jared Huffman, Supervisor Lynda Hopkins and Assemblymember Damon Connolly. Read full story
November 12, 2024 | Office of the District Attorney
Office of Traffic Safety Awards $537,121 Grant to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office for Specialized DUI Prosecution Team
Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office announced today that it has received a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support a specialized prosecution team that handles alcohol- and drug-impaired driving cases. The grant program runs through September 2025. Read full story
November 12, 2024 | Sonoma Public Infrastructure
Sonoma County purchases seven all-electric transit buses in continued shift toward zero-emission public transportation
The Board of Supervisors today approved the purchase of seven battery electric transit buses to replace natural gas-powered buses in the current fleet that have exceeded their 12-year minimum service life required by the Federal Transit Administration. The seven new buses are scheduled for delivery in November 2026 and will be deployed on Sonoma County Transit’s main intercity routes that operate between Monte Rio, Santa Rosa and Sonoma (Routes 20 and 30) and between Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Cloverdale (Routes 44/48 and 60). Read full story
November 12, 2024 | Sonoma Public Infrastructure
Sonoma County continues investment in resilient infrastructure with new portable solar-powered EV chargers
The Board of Supervisors today authorized a funding agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for $791,200 in federal funds to purchase six portable solar-powered electric vehicle charging stations and an emergency back-up power trailer as part of Sonoma County’s Equitable Energy Resilience and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project. The funding will be matched with $595,403 from the County’s Climate Resilience Fund for a project total of $1,386,603. Read full story