Environmental Health & Safety
Our programs promote health and quality of life by preventing or controlling those diseases or deaths that result from interactions between people and the places they live, work and play. Our programs employ several strategies to prevent health hazards including education, surveillance, routine inspections, sampling, posting, and enforcement where necessary.
Recovery Information for Wildfires
Featured Services
California Health & Safety Code (Cal Code) allows you to prepare certain non-perishable foods in your home and sell to the public with a cottage food registration or permit.
We monitor bacterial levels in the water at beaches along the Russian River and Spring Lake Swimming Lagoon. Sampling is conducted once a week each summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Sonoma County has implemented a color-coded placard system for the disclosure of food facility inspection results. Learn more about this new system and other aspects of food facility inspection.
Ocean water samples are collected weekly between April 1 and October 31 at the seven beaches that are visited by 50,000 people per year and are adjacent to storm drains, creek or rivers.
The Best Science Job in America
Environmental Health Inspector-The Best Science Job in America (produced by SF Department of Health)
Published on January 14, 2022
Sonoma County, in collaboration with the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, unveiled new resources today to help private well owners ensure their water is safe to drink amid changes in local groundwater tables as a result of the drought.
Health Services
Published on July 15, 2021
Sitio donde se aceptarán, procesarán y volverán a cargar en camiones desechos verdes, desechos de madera y desechos de jardín. El sitio no aceptará residuos sólidos urbanos.
Environment Health
Published on May 18, 2021
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Contact Information
Address
Office Location
625 5th Street
38.441823, -122.7137698
Current Fee Schedule
Fees for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 for all Environmental Health programs
Food Safety During Power Shutdown
Food Safety During Power Shutdown for Retail Food Facilities
Report a Complaint, Hazard or Nuisance
Sonoma County Cannabis Permits and Inspections
Permits and inspections for cannabis dispensaries and edible product manufacturing.
Public Records Requests
Public Records Requests
Most Environmental Health records are available electronically and you may search our database via the Public Access Viewer.