Membership and Terms

Membership Composition

Ten members, two from each Supervisorial District. The supervisor appoints two members who alternate between the Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Adjustments so that each Supervisorial District has one appointee serving on each body at any given time.

Planning Commission: Five members with one alternate for each district.
Board of Zoning Adjustments: Five members with one alternate for each district.

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Representing	Member Name	Appointment
First District	Greg Carr	Summ Act #57, 07/12/2011
First District	Caitlin Cornwall	Summ Act #29, 08/04/2020
Second District	Lawrence Reed	Summ Act #38, 05/24/2016
Second District	Todd Tamura	Summ Act #13, 08/02/2016
Third District	Paula Cook	Reso 09-0068, 01/27/2009
Third District	Komron Shahhosseini	Reso 09-0067, 01/27/2009
Fourth District	Ariel Kelley	Summ Act #30, 12/05/2017
Fourth District	Cameron Mauritson	Summ Act #25, 02/02/2016
Fifth District	Pamela Davis	Reso 09-0073, 01/27/2009
Fifth District	John Lowry	Summ Act 24, 01/10/2017

Term

Coterminous with appointing Supervisor, except that the Commissioners shall continue to serve until new Commissioners are appointed.

Compensation

Planning Commission

$125/half-day meeting or $250/more than 4 hours, plus expenses - Res. 99-0103, 1/26/1999.

Board of Zoning Adjustments

$125/half-day meeting or $250/more than 4 hours, plus expenses - Res. 68444, 12/16/1980; Res. 99-0103, 1/26/1999.

Contact Information

Planning Agency

Planning Division

Permit & Resource Management Department

County of Sonoma

Meeting Location

Board of Supervisors Chambers

575 Administration Drive

Room 102-A

Santa Rosa, CA 95403

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