Press Releases
County of Sonoma provides retirement system annual review
The County of Sonoma Board of Supervisors today received the annual State of the Retirement System Report on pension costs and pension-related liabilities through Fiscal Year 2019-20, including membership data for Sonoma County Employees’ Retirement Association, investment returns and December 2019 actuarial valuation results. The annual report to the public was recommended by the FY 2014-15 Sonoma County Grand Jury Report, the July 2016 report of the Independent Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Pension Matters, and the September 2018 report of the Board’s Ad Hoc Committee on Pension Reform. Read full story
County of Sonoma proclaims drought emergency
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today adopted a resolution proclaiming a local drought emergency and requesting the governor seek a Presidential Disaster Declaration. On April 21, Governor Gavin Newsom visited Lake Mendocino and proclaimed a state of emergency in Sonoma and Mendocino counties due to drought conditions in the Russian River Watershed. Read full story
El Condado de Sonoma proclama emergencia causada por la sequía
La Junta de Supervisores del Condado de Sonoma adoptó hoy una resolución que proclama una emergencia local con motivo de la sequía y solicita al gobernador que pida una Declaración Presidencial de Desastre. El 21 de abril, el gobernador Gavin Newsom visitó el Lago Mendocino y proclamó un estado de emergencia en los Condados de Sonoma y Mendocino, debido a las condiciones de sequía en la cuenca del Río Russian. Read full story
SonomaCounty takes steps to fund vegetation management projects before 2021 fireseason
The Board of Supervisors today delegated a committee to facilitatethe allocation of $2 million to $4 million in PG&E settlement funds fornear-term vegetation management projects with an emphasis on activities inhigh-risk areas and near key ecosystems. Read full story
Revised state guidance allows Sonoma County TK-6 grade levels to apply for in-person learning with approved safety plan
The County of Sonoma and Sonoma County Office of Education today announced that recent guidance under California's Safe Schools for All Plan allows Sonoma County schools serving grade levels from transitional kindergarten to sixth grade to be eligible to return to in-person learning with an approved COVID-19 Safety Plan, based on the County's adjusted daily case rate of less than 25 per 100,000 residents for five consecutive days. Read full story
Sonoma County keeping pace with other California counties in rollout of vaccinations
In partnership with health care providers, Sonoma County has now provided at least one dose of vaccine to 15 percent of its adult population, including nearly 50 percent of residents 75 years and older, Supervisors and Department of Health Services leaders announced today. Read full story
Guía estatal revisada permite solicitar el aprendizaje en persona a los grados de TK al 6to del Condado de Sonom con un plan de protección aprobado
La Oficina de Educación del Condado de Sonoma y el Condado de Sonoma anunciaron hoy que la guía reciente bajo el Plan de Escuelas Salubres para Todos de California permite que las escuelas del Condado de Sonoma que tengan alumnos desde el jardín de infantes de transición ("Transition Kindergarten" o TK) hasta el sexto grado sean elegibles para regresar al aprendizaje en persona con un Plan de Protección contra COVID aprobado, basado en el índice de casos diario ajustado del Condado, el cual es de menos de 25 por cada 100.000 residentes durante cinco días consecutivos. Read full story
El Condado de Sonoma sigue el ritmo de otros condados en California con la administración de vacunas
En colaboración con los sistemas de atención médica, el Condado de Sonoma ha dado al menos la primera dosis de vacuna al 15 por ciento de su población adulta, incluso casi el 50 por ciento de los residentes de 75 o más años, anunciaron hoy los supervisores y líderes del Departamento de Servicios de Salud. Read full story
Board of Supervisors approves funding for expanded vaccination plan
The Board of Supervisors recently approved the allocation of funds for the next phase of the County’s COVID-19 Vaccination Response plan, as laid out by the county Department of Health Services. Read full story
Sonoma County to open three new vaccination centers
Three new vaccination centers will open within the next eight days in Sonoma County, serving residents 70 and older, bringing to 19 the number of clinics being supported this week by vaccines from the County of Sonoma Department of Health Services. Read full story