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February 04, 2022 | County Administrator's Office

Weekly Roundup for February 4, 2022

Today’s digest provides helpful andimportant updates on the following: 1) Joint webinars to focus on businessissues, questions; 2) Large vaccine clinics at Sonoma County Fairgrounds; 3)What to do if you contract COVID-19; 4) Vaccine & testing clinics in SonomaCounty; 5) Rental relief and mortgage support available; and 6) COVID-19community resources & support Read full story


February 03, 2022 | County Administrator's Office

February 2022 SoCo Correspondent

Welcome back to a revived and revitalized SoCo Correspondent, Sonoma County’s digital newsletter. The Correspondent will offer countywide news, feature stories and project updates as well as links to upcoming events, recent stories in the media, surveys and other important information. This is part of our ongoing effort to make sure you are getting the information and resources that you need for yourself, your family and/or your business, school, nonprofit agency and community. We also hope to use this platform to get your feedback on programs, projects and current trends so we can better represent and serve you and the entire county. We thank you for subscribing to this newsletter and encourage you to share the link with others on how to subscribe. Read full story


February 02, 2022 | Community Development Commission

Annual PHA Plan for FY 2022-2023 Public Hearing

The Sonoma County Community Development Committee, in its capacity as the governing body of the Sonoma County Housing Authority, will hold a public hearing on March 16, 2022 at 10:00 am to review the Annual PHA Plan for FY 2022-2023 for the Sonoma County Housing Authority.  The Committee will hear testimony from all interested parties. Anyone who is interested in speaking is encouraged to appear and present written or verbal comments.  Written comments will be considered until March 04, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.Notice of Public Hearing2022 Annual plan Read full story


January 28, 2022 | County Administrator's Office

Weekly Roundup for Jan. 28, 2022

Today’s digest provides helpful andimportant updates on the following: Large vaccine clinics to be held at SonomaCounty Fairgrounds; Update on the situation in local schools; How to get rapidtests, N-95 masks for free; What to do if you contract COVID-19; Vaccine &testing clinics in Sonoma County; Rental assistance, mortgage relief available;COVID-19 community resources & support; Other news items from County ofSonoma Read full story


January 27, 2022 | Upstream Investments

Sonoma County officials vow to combat inequities inwell-being report

Sonoma County officials are vowing to combat the inequitiesthat exist among local residents in the areas of education, wealth and health,conditions illustrated in a newly published report that gauges the region’swell-being. Read full story


January 27, 2022 | Upstream Investments

10 key findings from the 2021 Portrait of Sonoma County

The 2021 Portrait of SonomaCounty, a data-driven report that gauges the well-being of Sonoma County’scommunities, contained a number of significant findings. Read full story


January 27, 2022 | Board of Supervisors Department

District 3 Monthly Newsletter January 2022

SDC Updates, Portrait of Sonoma findings, New Psychiatric Health Facility and more! Read full story


January 26, 2022 | Upstream Investments

Portrait of Sonoma County 2021 Launch Event

The launch of A Portrait of Sonoma County 2021 Update. Sonoma County leaders and organizations will use the results of A Portrait of Sonoma 2021 to identify pressing priorities, turning this report into a platform to guide important investment and policy decisions in the next few years. Watch the recording to learn what is in the report.El Retrato del Condado de Sonoma 2021 Evento de Lanzamiento del Informe [YouTube Video]El evento del informe de lanzamiento. Discubre mas de los datos del poblaciones del condado de Sonoma. Los líderes y organizaciones del condado de Sonoma utilizarán los resultados de Un Retrato de Sonoma 2021 para identificar prioridades locales, convirtiendo este informe en una plataforma para guiar decisiones importantes de inversión y políticas en los próximos años. Ven a aprender lo que incluye el informe. Read full story


January 26, 2022 | Upstream Investments

2021 Portrait of Sonoma County: Well-being study finds new successes, ongoing challenges along race, ethnicity, gender and geographic lines

Sonoma County residents as a whole make more money, live longer and are more likely to have a bachelor’s degree than nearly 10 years ago. Read full story


January 26, 2022 | Department of Health Services

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, data, training, patient information

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The Sonoma County birthing community reports alcohol use rates twice the state average. There is no "safe" amount of alcohol use during pregnancy. Learn more, access patient handouts, link to trainings for medical professionals. Read full story