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<p>Sonoma County Housing AuthorityOpens Project-Based Voucher Waitlists for 3- bedroomunits in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Petaluma, Guerneville and Windsor, CA</p><p> </p>
<p> 2147570088 2021-08-17 false Immediate Sonoma County Housing AuthorityOpens Project-Based Voucher Waitlists for 3- bedroomunits in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Petaluma, Guerneville and Windsor, CA Application period open August 16 - September 17, 2021 Separate applications are required for each w</p> Read full story
<p>Ballots for 2021California Gubernatorial Recall Election mailing today to registered voters inSonoma County</p><p> </p><p><b> </b></p><p> </p>
<p> <span>Sonoma CountyRegistrar of Voters announced that vote-by-mail ballots for the Sept. 14California Gubernatorial Recall Election will begin going out in the mail todayand should arrive in voters’ mailboxes within three to 10 days.</span></p><p><span></span></p> Read full story
<p>Registrar of Votersannounces virtual public hearings to consider draft plan for new election model</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Sonoma County Registrar of Voters office announced today that it will be holding three virtual public hearings at the end of August on the County of Sonoma’s draft election administration plan for transitioning to the Voter’s Choice Act election model.</span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span> Read full story
<p>Kits para el ahorro de agua gratuitosen el evento regional “Drought Drop By” “Para la Sequía,Para Aquí” </p><p> </p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Usuarios de agua en todo el norte de la bahía pasaranpara recoger un kit gratuito para el ahorro de agua durante el evento “Para laSequía, Para Aquí” en tres condados el 21 de agosto de 2021, de 8 a.m. a 12p.m. Sonoma Water y sus socios en Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnershipalientan a todos los usuarios de agua en la cuenca del río Russian River aahorrar agua.</span> Read full story
<p>Free Water Saving Kits at Regional “Drought DropBy” Event </p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Water customersthroughout the North Bay will be able pick up a free water saving kit during athree-county “Drought Drop By” event on August 21, 2021, from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sonoma Water and its partners in theSonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership encourage all water users in the RussianRiver watershed to save water.</span> Read full story
Ejercicio de Alerta y Advertencia el 17 de agosto, para algunos vecindarios en Santa Rosa y para los propietarios de Radios del Clima NOAA en todo el Condado
El Condado de Sonoma, la Ciudad de Santa Rosa y el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional del Area de la Bahía desarrollarán un ejercicio de alerta de emergencia y advertencia compuesto por dos pruebas individuales el 17 de agosto. Read full story
Alert and warningexercise on Aug. 17 for select Santa Rosa neighborhoods and NOAA Weather Radioowners countywide
The County of Sonoma,City of Santa Rosa, and the National Weather Service Bay Area will conduct anemergency alert and warning exercise composed of two individual tests on Aug.17. The effort includes a countywide test of the NOAA Weather Radio warningalarm system as well as a targeted text message, email and/or phone call alerttest to select subscribers of SoCoAlert. Please note: If an extreme weatherevent is forecast, the test alert and warning exercise will be canceled. Read full story
<p>District Attorney Jill Ravitch announces greenwashing settlements with Chewy, Petco, Petsmart, and Target </p>
<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Today Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch announced that her office, with 22 other District Attorney’s Offices in California, resolved “greenwashing” cases with Chewy, Inc., PetSmart LLC, Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., and Target Corporation. </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span> Read full story
<p>County mailing voter information guides for Sept. 14 California Gubernatorial Recall Election </p>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">County voter information guides for the Sept. 14,2021, California Gubernatorial Recall Election, began going out in the mail onAug. 9.</span> Read full story
<p>Nominationperiod for November 2, 2021 consolidated general election extended </p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;">TheSonoma County Registrar of Voters Office announced today that candidatenominations for select special district offices have been extended to August 11for any qualified person, except the incumbent(s), because one or more of theincumbent(s) did not file. Offices for which nominations have been extendedinclude</span>... Read full story