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Materials from July 11 Housing Initiatives Public Workshop Now Available
Materials from the Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Housing Initiatives public workshop are now available for download. Read full story
A Dayto Give Back to Your Community! Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The 2018 Day of Caring will continue to be apartnership with County of Sonoma and City of Santa Rosa employees to work oncommunity projects alongside each other! This year we hope to receive projectsfrom nonprofits and organizations that were impacted by the 2018 OctoberWildfires. We understand there is park restoration, food banks, and sheltersthat may need some assistance. Read full story
July SoCo Correspondent
Sonoma CountyRecovers Together! The public is invited to come share ideas about what actions will lead to asuccessful recovery and resilient future for Sonoma County. Topics include:preparedness, infrastructure, housing, economy, natural resources, and safetynet. The goal is to ensure the safety, livelihood, and economicprosperity of the residents of Sonoma County. See event locations and detailsin this month’s issue.Please share the Correspondent with your family and friends, and if you have any ideas of how we can improve the newsletter or other outreach efforts please send us your thoughts to publicaffairs@sonoma-county.org. Read our Newsletter Read full story
Housing Permits Data
Permit Sonoma has a new housing dashboard to measure our success in meeting ambitious housing goals set by the Board of Supervisors. The County will be partnering with cities to create a community-wide housing dashboard in the coming months. Read full story
We have ended the Managerial Certificate Program
We made the difficult decision to discontinue the Managerial Certificate Program as we rework our manager and supervisor classes to better address this audience’s learning needs. We want to be the ‘go-to’ learning shop for all County staff. Read full story
June SoCo Correspondent
The County of Sonoma is providing an online view of the County’s annual operating budget as part of our commitment to transparency, open government, and citizen engagement. This site presents the County’s operating budget in a visual style to help promote an understanding of how the budget is structured and where the County is dedicating available resources Please share the Correspondent with your family and friends, and if you have any ideas of how we can improve the newsletter or other outreach efforts please send us your thoughts to publicaffairs@sonoma-county.org. Read our Newsletter Read full story
Harlem Globetrotters offers County Employee discounted tickets for performance
The world-famous Harlem Globetrotters will beperforming at the Haehl Pavilion at Santa Rosa Junior College on Wednesday,August 8th, and Thursday, August 9th at 7:00 p.m. GeneralAdmission is $25.00 and the Harlem Globetrotters are offering Sonoma Countyemployees a $7.00 discount to attend the event. Read full story
First Rebuild in Unincorporated Sonoma County
Today the County issued the certificate of occupancy for the first completed rebuild in unincorporated Sonoma County. This property is located in the Berrybrook neighborhood of Santa Rosa and was destroyed by the devastating 2017 Sonoma Complex Fires. Find out more including photos Read full story
Dispensary Update
The County has been issuing land use permits for dispensaries since 2007. No more than 9 medical cannabis dispensaries can be permitted within the unincorporated county at any one time. There arecurrently 5 permitted dispensaries and 4 applications that have been deemed complete. At this time, the county is not accepting any new dispensary applications. Read full story
Free Training for High Performance Residential Design and Construction
Provided by PG&E in collaboration with the County's General Services Energy and Sustainability Division, the MI-BEST is a series of five consecutive days of training designed to be taken in sequence. MI-BEST joins the art of construction to the science of energy and moisture management. It provides building professionals an opportunity to learn and practice techniques that might otherwise take many residential projects to experience and troubleshoot. Participants are encouraged to attend the entire series but individual sign-ups by day and topic are allowed. Visit www.pge.com/energyclasses for more information. Read full story