News Index
Dr. Celeste Philip Appointed Health Officer for SonomaCounty
This week Dr.Celeste Philip, MD, MPH, began serving as the County’s Health Officer after theBoard of Supervisors appointed her following an extensive nationwide search. Read full story
Spring Plastic Recycling Day!
TheDepartment of Agriculture/Weights & Measures is holding the annual PlasticRecycling Day on Tuesday, May 7thfrom 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The event is being held at the Sonoma CountyCorporate Yard located: at 17270 Healdsburg Avenue (at Alexander Valley Rd.) inHealdsburg. Read full story
Calling all Outstanding Contributors to the Agricultural Community
Each year the Sonoma County Harvest Fair selects outstanding members of the Sonoma County agricultural community to be honored for their contributions to the industry. The Sonoma County Harvest Fair is seeking your help to nominate this year's award recipients. Read full story
April SoCo Correspondent
We want to understand how prepared our community is to respond to a disaster. That is why we created the Emergency Preparedness & Prevention Questionnaire. The results of this survey will help us gauge community needs in reducing risk and loss from such hazards.Please share the Correspondent with your family and friends, and if you have any ideas of how we can improve the newsletter or other outreach efforts please send us your thoughts to publicaffairs@sonoma-county.org. Read full story
Groundwater Users Registration Program and GroundwaterSustainability Fee under consideration in Santa Rosa Plain
On Thursday, April 11, the Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) Board of Directors will consider an ordinance to allow groundwater users to be registered and would authorize the GSA to adopt a groundwater sustainability fee. Read full story
New Public Education Campaign Targets Speeding Carsand Aggressive Driving
The County of Sonoma Department ofTransportation and Public Works (TPW) today announced the second element of anew traffic calming program in response to recent fatalities and concerns amongTPW officials and County residents about unsafe and aggressive driving. The newtactic involves the placement of three separate and straightforward warningsigns, “Don’t Kill”, “Don’t Die”, and “Slow Down” along road segments that areknown trouble spots. The measure follows the acquisition and deployment of a radar feedback sign trailerCountywide in response to community concerns. Read full story
Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide a HIPAASecurity Risk Assessment for Sonoma County
The County of Sonoma is pleased to invite you torespond to a Request for Proposals (RFP) to provide a Health InsurancePortability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)/Health Information Technology forEconomic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) Privacy and Security RiskAnalysis for multiple County departments. Read full story
Contracting Principles Letter from the Safety Net Departments to Community Based Organizations
On April 2, 2019, the Department Heads responsible foroverseeing Sonoma County’s safety net programs brought a set of contractingprinciples before the Board of Supervisors. Read full story
Unite to Support Census Efforts One Year from Census Day
State leaders, key advocates and community members came together Tuesday to highlight California’s efforts to ensure a complete and accurate Census count one year out from Census Day 2020. Read full story
Census Bureau to Host Webinar
The Census Bureau has developed a new way of accessing data and is now a few months away from the official launch of data.census.gov and the retirement of American FactFinder in June. Read full story