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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
Burn Suspension Announced
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has announced the enactment of a burn suspension, beginning at 12:01 AM Monday, May 10, 2021, which bans all outdoor burning. 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
Permit Sonoma publishes Draft Environmental Impact Report for rezoning sites to meet Sonoma County's housing needs
Permit Sonoma published a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that analyzed the environmental impact of potentially rezoning up to 59 sites for housing. Releasing the Draft EIR is a critical step in rezoning parcels to meet Sonoma County's share of its Regional Housing Needs Allocation and to comply with state housing laws. Read full story
Regional Parks receives $500K to aid fire recovery at Foothill Regional Park
Sonoma County Regional Parks received a $500,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente to renovate Foothill Regional Park with a climate-adaptive design to make it more resilient to wildfires. 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
Voterregistration deadline approaching for March 2, 2021, Special Election in WestCounty
DevaMarie Proto, Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters, remindsresidents of the West Sonoma County Union High School District and/or theBodega Bay Fire Protection District that the regular deadline to register tovote in the upcoming March 2, 2021, Special Election is Feb. 16 at midnight. Read full story
Sonoma County DistrictAttorney’s Office Awarded Innovative Prosecution Grant to Target Opioid RelatedCrimes
The Sonoma County DistrictAttorney’s Office has recently been awarded a federal grant in the amount of$340,000 by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, a subdivision of the USDepartment of Justice, to assist with the investigation and prosecution ofopioid-related crimes committed in Sonoma County. 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