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July 09, 2020 | Office of the District Attorney

Rohnert Park Man Receives Life Sentence For Child Molestation

2147490884 2020-07-09 false Immediate Rohnert Park Man Receives Life Sentence For Child Molestation Santa Rosa CA Martin Dewitt, of Rohnert Park, CA was sentenced today by the Honorable Shelly Averill to serve 30 years-to-Life in prison. The sentence follows a guilty plea by Dewitt, in Ma Read full story


July 09, 2020 | Clerk-Recorder-Assessor-Registrar of Voters

Sonoma CountyAssessor Deva Marie Proto Completes 2020/2021 Assessment Roll

SonomaCounty Clerk-Recorder-Assessor Deva Marie Proto has delivered the assessmentroll to the Sonoma County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector. The netassessment roll for 2020-21 is $98,573,706,364 with an increase of 4.67 percentover 2019-20. The assessment roll reflects the value of all real and businessproperty as of Jan. 1, 2020. Read full story


July 08, 2020 | Climate Action and Resiliency

Sonoma County Financing Program Announces Rate Reduction

The Sonoma County Energy Independence Program (SCEIP) is now financing wildfire safety and seismic strengthening for both residential and commercial buildings. Read full story


July 08, 2020 | County Administrator's Office

El Condado de Sonoma expande pruebas de anticuerpos para incluir a los trabajadores esenciales

A partir de hoy, la prueba de anticuerpos está disponible para residentes del Condado de Sonoma que se consideraron trabajadores esenciales en las primeras etapas de la pandemia de COVID-19. Read full story


July 08, 2020 | County Administrator's Office

County of Sonoma Expands Antibody Testing to Include Essential Workers

The Board of Supervisors today voted unanimously to approve the creation of an Office of Equity for the county with instruction to immediately focus on issues related to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Latinx and indigenous communities in the region. Read full story


July 08, 2020 | Department of Health Services

New Report Finds 1% of SonomaCounty Residents Account for Over 25% of Jail, Shelter, and Behavioral HealthUtilization

A new report released today by the California Policy Lab atUC Berkeley helps Sonoma County government leaders to identify and better servea group of about 6,600 high utilizers of health, justice, and homelessnessservices provided by state and county agencies. Read full story


July 08, 2020 | Natural Resources

Workshops Provide Residents an Opportunity to Share Groundwater Concerns

The Public PolicyFacilitating Committee (PPFC) annual meeting and tour scheduled for March 12,2020 at the Healdsburg Community Center have been postponed due to concerns forpublic health and safety as the result of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak. Read full story


July 07, 2020 | County Administrator's Office

Junta de Supervisores Creará Oficina de Equidad para el condado de Sonoma

La Junta de Supervisores votó unánimemente hoy por la aprobación de una Oficina de Equidad para el condado, con la instrucción de enfocarse de inmediato en el desproporcionado impacto del COVID-19 en las comunidades Latinx e indígenas de la región. Read full story


July 07, 2020 | County Administrator's Office

Board of Supervisors to create Office of Equity for Sonoma County

The Board of Supervisors today voted unanimously to approve the creation of an Office of Equity for the county with instruction to immediately focus on issues related to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Latinx and indigenous communities in the region. Read full story


June 30, 2020 | Department of Human Services

Human Services Department Lobbies Open July 6 with Safety Measures, Limited Hours, Services

Sonoma County Human Services Department (HSD) buildings reopen to the public on Monday, July 6, 2020, with limited hours and services. Clients and employees will be required to follow Covid-19 safety procedures. Read full story