Press Releases

November 17, 2015 | Board of Supervisors Department

Permitted Open Burning Allowed

Sonoma County Fire and Emergency Services Chief Al Terrell advises that those possessing current and valid agriculture and residential burn permits in Local Response Area’s (LRA) can now resume burning. Burning may only be conducted on permissible burn days, which are updated regularly on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s website: http://www.baaqmd.gov/permits/open-burn. Read full story

July 28, 2015 | Board of Supervisors Department

Supervisors Advance Independent Oversight Structure, Funding for Moorland Neighborhood Park, and Roseland Mural Project

Supervisors Advance Independent Oversight Structure, Funding for Moorland Neighborhood Park, and Roseland Mural Project Read full story

May 12, 2015 | Board of Supervisors Department

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Receives Final Report From the Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Receives Final Report From the Community and Local Law Enforcement Task Force Read full story

March 17, 2015 | Board of Supervisors Department

Poll Workers Needed for Upcoming Election

Sonoma County Registrar of Voters seeks poll workers for nearly 200 local polling places Read full story

September 22, 2014 | Board of Supervisors Department

Creative Sonoma Takes Another Step Forward in Promoting the Creative Arts in Sonoma County

The Sonoma County Economic Development Board (EDB) announced today that Nancy Glaze has joined the staff to provide interim leadership for Creative Sonoma, a county-wide arts promotion effort approved by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors in the summer of 2014. Read full story

September 12, 2014 | Board of Supervisors Department

President Obama Proclaims an Emergency in Response to the South Napa Earthquake

The Obama Administration today proclaimed an emergency that includes Napa and Solano Counties only. At this time, Sonoma County is not included in the President’s proclamation. Read full story

June 24, 2014 | Board of Supervisors Department

Sonoma County Adopts its First Arts Action Plan

On the heels of investing $250,000 in the creative arts, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors adopted the County’s first ever strategic Arts Action Plan, developed by the County’sEconomic Development Board, intended to boost the county’s creative economy.The Arts sector has emerged as an important area for economic growth potentialin Sonoma County, and until now there has been no coordinated strategy forsupporting the creative economy countywide. Read full story