Jan 5, 2025 · A number of new California laws covering landlords and tenants go into effect this year, ranging from fees that can be charged to tenants, tightened security deposit rules, and tenant applications. AB 2493 – Tightens Rules for Application Fee Screening This new law authorizes a landlord or their agent to charge an application screening fee

After a relatively dry period, the weather pattern is shifting, bringing an extended period of wet conditions to Sonoma starting Friday. The National Weather Service forecast models indicate that an Atmospheric River will impact Northern California, including the …

Jan 4, 2025 · What issues would you like to see the Board of Supervisors tackle in 2025? Share your suggestions on Friday, Jan. 10 during a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors in Sebastopol. At the beginning of each year, Sonoma County supervisors hold an offsite meeting to set priorities for the upcoming year. The public is

Nov 28, 2024 · On the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, for an agenda item slated to come before the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors at its meeting of December 3, 2024, Permit Sonoma, the County agency tasked with project analysis, approval, and denial, recommended that the Specific Plan and EIR for the Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC) be scrapped.

Dec 1, 2024 · The California Coastal Commission has certified Sonoma County’s Local Coastal Plan, a foundational planning document that regulates land use and protects resources along the 55-mile shoreline. The unanimous approval on November 14 ensures the County’s permitting authority for development within the Coastal Zone, which extends inland from between a half mile and five miles from

Jan 7, 2025 · Either by closing shop completely or being gobbled up by publishing conglomerates, independent small city papers are going extinct all across America. A local community newspaper is an endangered species. Either a workable business model must emerge, or printed papers are going to continue to disappear. Since the death of Val Robichaud last February, we

Dec 12, 2024 · By Larry Barnett The development proposal for the Sonoma Developmental Center campus depends upon the Builder’s Remedy law for its current configuration, and new modifications of that law may have an impact on that proposal. Builder’s Remedy is a law signed by the Governor that allows developers to circumvent customary land use law when a

Jan 14, 2025 · The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today pledged to protect the civil rights of the county’s immigrants to the fullest extent provided by the law. The Board of Supervisors approved a resolution limiting the use of County funds, personnel and other resources to enforce federal immigration laws. The resolution reaffirms the County’s alignment with state

Feb 3, 2025 · Larry Barnett lives in Sonoma where he was elected to three terms on the City Council and served twice as Mayor. A thirty-five-year resident, he currently serves as Chair of Sonoma's Planning Commission.

On January 14, 2024 the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today raised the County’s Living Wage to $23.15 an hour, a 28 percent increase designed to offset the impact of inflation and catch up to pay levels set by other Bay Area counties and cities with similar wage ordinances. The increase, from $18.10 an hour,