Budget Reports
Annually, the County Administrator’s Office, in conjunction with all County Departments, works to develop a sound operating plan for the County of Sonoma for the approaching fiscal year.
This plan is initially approved by the Board of Supervisors to provide for operations in the new fiscal year until the books of the old fiscal year are closed. At that point, a series of adjustments are drawn up to reflect the actual ending/beginning balances for each of the funds the County maintains and actual progress on multi-year projects already underway.
The Board of Supervisors then holds public hearings on the recommended budget and any recommendations for adjustments. Staff compiles the approved adjustments and any other Board direction during the hearings and the result is the adopted budget for the year.
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Materials
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Recommended Budget
Budget Hearing Materials
- Tab 01 - Overview Memo
- Tab 02 - Available Sources
- Tab 03 - Budget Hearing Deliberation Tool
- Tab 04 - General Fund Reserve Memo
- Tab 05 - Add-Backs & Program Change Requests
- Tab 06 - Board Budget Requests
- Tab 07 - Board Inquiry Requests
- Tab 08 - Supplemental Adjustments
- Tab 09 - Summary of Position Changes
- Tab 10 - Fund Balance Memo & Directory
- Tab 11 - Financial Policies
- Tab 12 - Prop 4 limits
- Tab 13 - Tribal Memo
- Tab 14 - Adopted Budget Resolutions
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Fee Hearings
Fee hearings will be conducted on March 26, 2024. Materials for the hearings are found below.
1. Summary
2. Agriculture/Weights and Measures
3. Criminal Justice Administration Fees
4. Health Services
5. Permit Sonoma
6. Regional Parks
7. Sonoma Public Infrastructure
8. Sheriff's Office
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget Materials
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Adopted Budget
Budget Hearing Materials
- Tab 1 - Overview Memo
- Tab 2 - Available Sources
- Tab 3 - Budget Hearing Deliberation Tool
- Tab 4 - General Fund Reserve Memo
- Tab 5 - Add Backs & Program Change Requests
- Tab 6 - Board Budget Requests
- Tab 7 - Board Inquiry Requests
- Tab 8 - Supplemental Adjustments
- Tab 9 - Summary of Position Changes
- Tab 10 - Fund Balance Memo & Directory
- Tab 11 - Financial Policies
- Tab 12 - Prop 4 limits
- Tab 13 - Adopted Resolutions
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Fee Hearings
Fee hearings will be conducted on March 21, 2023. Materials related to these hearings can be found here.
Fiscal Year 2022-23 Budget Materials
Budget Hearing Materials
- Tab 1 - Budget Hearing Overview
- Tab 2 - General Fund 5-Year Forecast Memo
- Tab 3 - Available Sources & Budget Balancing Memo
- Tab 4 - Budget Adjustment Tool
- Tab 5 - Add Backs & Program Change Requests
- Tab 6 - Board Member and Community Budget Requests
- Tab 7 - Summary of Positions Changes
- Tab 8 - Fund Balance Memo & Directory
- Tab 9 - General Fund Reserve Memo
- Tab 10 - Board Inquiry Requests
- Tab 11 - Financial Policy Updates
- Tab 12 - Appropriations Limits (Proposition 4)
- Tab 13 - Supplemental Adjustments
- Tab 14 - Board Budget Resolutions
Fiscal Year 2022-23 Consolidated Fee Hearing
The Fiscal Year 2022-23 Consolidated Fee Hearings are occurring on March 22, 2022 at 1:30pm. Details for all items can be found here:
Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Community Funding Requests
Community organizations may request funding using the form below. Submit completed forms to Supervisors’ District Staff by April 7, 2022.
Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Budget Materials
- County Administrator's Message(PDF: 453 kB)
- Fiscal Year 2021-22 Adopted Budget(PDF: 9.1 MB)
Accessibility Assistance with the following documents: For assistance, please contact the Sonoma County Administrator's Office at (707) 565-2431, fax your request to (707) 565-3778, utilize TDD at (707) 565-2241, or utilize the California Relay Service by dialing 711. You may also view these documents in hard copy at the Sonoma County Administrator’s Office located at 575 Administration Drive Suite 104A in Santa Rosa, CA 95403.
SoCo Budget
SoCo Budget is an interactive tool to explore the County's annual operating budget.
Public Reports
Audit Reports, Citizen's Reports, Crop Reports, General Plan and more.
Archived Budget Reports
Budget Hearing Materials Fiscal Year 2021-2022
- Tab 1 – Budget Hearing Binder Overview and Schedule
- Tab 2 – Available Sources & Budget Change Requests
- Tab 3 - Fund Balance Memo
- Tab 4 - General Fund Reserve Memo
- Tab 5 – Board Inquiry Requests
- Tab 6 - Financial Policies - Updated
- Tab 7 – Mental Health, Addiction and Homeless Services Measure Transactions and Use Tax Ordinance (Measure O) Updates
- Tab 8 – COVID Response
- Tab 9 – Prop 4 Limits
- Tab 10 – Adopted Board Resolution
Fiscal Year 2020-2021
- Fiscal Year 2020-21 Adopted Budget (PDF: 4 MB)
Budget Hearing Materials – September 8-11, 2020
- Budget Presentation
- Budget Overview(PDF: 2.1 MB)
- Revenue Overview(PDF: 423 kB)
- Fee & Sponsorship Policy and Sources Recap(PDF: 367 kB)
- Day 2 Recap & Deliberations(PDF: 335kB)
- Day 3 Budget Adoption (PDF: 305 kB)
- Budget Balancing Tool Final (PDF: 401 kB)
- Tab 01 – Budget Hearings Overview(PDF: 1 MB)
- Tab 02 – Available Sources (PDF: 824 kB)
- Tab 03 – Budget Balancing (PDF: 981 kB)
- Tab 04 – Fund Balance Memo & Directory (PDF: 745 kB)
- Tab 05 – General Fund Reserves(PDF: 840 kB)
- Tab 06 – Community & Board Member Funding Requests (PDF: 1.4 MB)
- Tab 07 – Board Inquiry Requests(PDF: 4 MB)
- Tab 08 – Fee Waiver/Sponsorship Memo (PDF: 1.2 MB)
- Tab 09 – Capital Projects List (PDF: 208 kB)
- Tab 10 – Board Resolutions(PDF: 1.6 MB)
Fiscal Year 2019-2020
- Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Adopted Budget (PDF: 10.83 MB)
- County Administrator's Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget Message (PDF: 370 kB)
- Recommended Budget Hearing Materials (PDF: 59.46 MB)
Fiscal Year 2018-2019
- Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Adopted Budget (PDF: 7.52 MB)
- Recommended Budget At A Glance (PDF: 2.45 MB)
- County Administrator's 2018-2019 Budget Message (PDF: 333 kB)
- Recommended Budget Hearing Materials (PDF: 39.4 MB)
- Overview Fiscal Year 2018-19 Operating Budget(PDF: 2.61 MB)
Fiscal Year 2017-2018
- Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Adopted Budget (PDF: 6.67 MB)
- County Administrator’s 2017-2018 Budget Message (PDF: 525 kB)
- Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Budget Hearings Materials & Reports (PDF: 8.93 MB)
- Financial Policies for Fiscal Year 2017-2018