The Earthquake Brace + Bolt program was created by the California Residential Mitigation Program (“CRMP”). Earthquake Brace + Bolt offers up to $3,000 reimbursement to selected homeowners to seismically retrofit their qualified homes. Generally, the program applies to homes: Constructed before 1979; and Constructed of wood-framed floors (the garage may have a slab on grade); … Continued
Since 2013, the Sonoma Community Center (Center) has been designated as the Emergency Volunteer Center (EVC) as part of the City of Sonoma’s Emergency Plan. During the wild fires of October 2017 the EVC was mobilized. The Center’s staff and volunteers manually registered 556 volunteers, assigning 367 to support emergency operations, primarily at the Evacuation … Continued
City of Sonoma offices will be closed on Monday, October 8, 2018 in observance of Columbus Day.
At the City Council meeting of September 24, 2018, the City Council approved an extension of the interim moratorium on wine tasting facilities in the Plaza Retail Overlay Zoning District. The extended moratorium will expire on May 1, 2019. The purpose of the moratorium is to “push the pause button” on new tasting rooms in the Plaza area and … Continued
Sonoma City Manager Cathy Capriola is pleased to announce that David A. Storer, AICP will be the new Planning and Community Services Director for the City of Sonoma. He will start on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. Mr. Storer comes to Sonoma with over 30 years of experience in planning and community development in both the … Continued
The Slurry Seal Project has been temporarily delayed due to rain and will resume on Wednesday, October 3rd and Thursday, October 4th, pending weather.
The City of Sonoma will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the October 2017 Wildfires on Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 7:00 pm with a gathering in front of Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg’s “LOVE” sculpture in the Sonoma Plaza. The observance will include a moment of silence, bell tolling, and lighting of the LOVE sculpture in … Continued
The Sonoma City Council unanimously approved placing a measure on the November 2018 ballot to increase the City’s transient occupancy tax (also known as the TOT or hotel tax). This tax is paid on stays of 30 days or less at hotels, inns, and other lodging properties and is applied to the customer’s lodging bill. … Continued
Story Poles remaining up through Monday, October 1 The story poles for Gateway will be remaining up through Monday’s appeal hearing at the City Council meeting. The City Council can provide further direction regarding story poles at the meeting. ————————– Storey Poles have been installed at the Gateway project site and will be available for viewing through … Continued
At the August 20, 2018 meeting, the City Council and the City of Sonoma adopted new water rates. Per the adopted resolution, new water rates became effective on September 1, 2018. Such rates will be reflected in the upcoming billing cycle, which covers September 4, 2018 – October 1, 2018. See more information about Water Rates, … Continued
