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November 20, 2024 | Human Resources Department

Job Opportunities

View a list of our current and upcoming job opportunities, including Deputy District Attorney I, Junior Engineer, Purchasing Agent, and much more!


November 15, 2024 | County Administrator's Office

Weekly Roundup for November 15, 2024

Today’s digest provides helpful and important updates on the following: 1) Latest edition of SoCo Correspondent now available; 2) Stay protected from Flu and Covid this winter season; 3) Sonoma County Housing Authority deadline November 30; and 4) Other Sonoma County news of note


November 14, 2024 | Department of Health Services

RFP Environmental Site Remediation Work Plan

The Department of Health Services is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to develop a comprehensive Site Remediation Work Plan for property located in Sonoma County. The purpose of a work plan is to address environmental contamination issues and ensure the safe and sustainable redevelopment of the site. The current project is known as the Liberty Road Property (APN 021-121-016), located at 1196, 1150, 1122 and 1080 Liberty Road in Petaluma. The primary objective of this project is to develop a detailed Site Remediation Work Plan that outlines the steps and methodologies required to remediate environmental contamination on the project site.


November 19, 2024 | Auditor-Controller Treasurer-Tax Collector Department

Sonoma County fraud hotline receives 99 reports of suspected fraud, waste or abuse since creation in 2021

A hotline created in 2021 to allow Sonoma County employees, members of the public and vendors to anonymously report cases of suspected fraud, waste or abuse in County government received 99 tips in its first three years of operation, the County of Sonoma announced today.


November 19, 2024 | Department of Emergency Management

County Department of Emergency Management to receive international preparedness award

The Sonoma County Department of Emergency Management has been selected to receive an international award for a program that introduces local high school students to emergency management. The County will be honored for its Model Emergency Operations Center program at the International Association of Emergency Managers conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Wednesday.


November 18, 2024 | Permit Sonoma

Sonoma County Local Coastal Plan approved

The California Coastal Commission has certified Sonoma County’s Local Coastal Plan, a foundational planning document that regulates land use and protects resources along the 55-mile shoreline. The unanimous approval on November 14 ensures the County’s permitting authority for development within the Coastal Zone, which extends from between a half mile and five miles from the coast in Sonoma County.