Category: City News

Health Officer Supersedes and Loosens Shelter-in-Place Order Due to Initial Successes Interrupting Community Transmission of COVID-19

Download Sonoma County’s Press Release in Spanish. View Download the new Shelter-in-Place Health Order in English and Spanish. The Sonoma County Health Officer has issued a new Shelter-in-Place Health Order, which among other changes, reduces restrictions in a number of important employment areas including construction, landscaping services, nurseries, car and bicycle sales. This loosening of restrictions … Continued

Sonoma Valley Arts Task Force Launches “heARTofSONOMA” Community-Wide Art Project

For the first time ever, arts organizations across Sonoma Valley have joined together to keep our community inspired and connected through creating and sharing art during the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place order.  The new Sonoma Valley Arts Task Force has worked collaboratively to launch heARTofSONOMA, a community-wide art project to encourage community spirit and inclusiveness … Continued

City Facing Financial Challenges of COVID-19

Like many of our local businesses and residents, the City of Sonoma is facing critical financial challenges from the pandemic and resulting shelter-in-place. City revenues, like our local economy, are tourism-driven. Hotel taxes (also called transient occupancy tax or TOT) and sales taxes make up the majority of our General Fund, so businesses being shut down or operating below capacity has a significant impact on the revenues used … Continued

City Council Meeting – May 4th, 6PM

A regular meeting of Sonoma City Council will be held on Monday, May 4th at 6:00 pm. View the full agenda including items on the consent calendar and public hearing on our CivicWeb Portal.  Items on the regular calendar include: A Resolution Deferring the Scheduled July 2020 Water Rate Increase for Six Months City of … Continued

Public Comment Process for Virtual Meetings

In order to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the City of Sonoma is providing multiple alternatives to viewing Council meetings and providing comments on items on the agenda. These alternatives allow the City to adhere to social distancing requirements, follow the Governor’s Executive Order N-29-20 (which suspends certain requirements of the Brown Act), … Continued

Sonoma, We’re Here for You!

It’s been a busy month for the City of Sonoma team. Whether out in the field providing essential services, working remotely to keep City operations moving forward, finding new ways to hold Council meetings, or coordinating community resources and information to support those in need… your City will continue working hard for you, whatever the … Continued

Get Counted Sonoma! Census 2020, Your Participation Matters!

Take the Census Now! The 2020 Census will help decide how billions of dollars will reach our families. Your answers will help determine funding for dozens of programs that provide essential resources to our community. Census data determines funding allocations for schools, child care programs, road maintenance projects and social assistance programs. A complete and … Continued

City Council Request for Broadway Restriping Preference to Caltrans

At the April 20th City Council meeting, City staff presented an overview of the Broadway Restriping project which provided an opportunity for the City of Sonoma to request a striping configuration for Broadway after a Caltrans street resurfacing project is completed.  The Caltrans project is planned for the 2020/21 timeline.  As a reminder, Highway 12 … Continued

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