Sonoma County supervisors unanimously approve $2 billion budget

The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Friday voted unanimously to adopt a $2 billion budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

County officials said the budget includes investments in areas such as emergency response, vegetation management, Covid-19 recovery and the county’s pension liability.

The county’s budget is primarily made up of state and federal funding and other revenues designated for specific programs in the county’s 25 different departments. Discretionary revenue makes up about $350 million of the total budget.

The county’s 2021-2022 fiscal year spending plan also includes:

• $5 million in investment in strategic plan priorities
• $2 million in investment in non-congregate shelters and safe parking for homeless individuals
• $3.75 million to pay down unfunded pension liabilities
• $5.85 million for a new county center project
• $1.8 million to fund upgrades to veterans buildings
• $350,000 for visitor centers and chambers of commerce to help with the economic recovery
• $350,000 for septic infrastructure
• $140,000 to move the county’s archives out of the Los Guilicos site

Bay City News

Bay City News is a 24/7 news service covering the greater Bay Area. © 2022 Bay City News, Inc. All rights reserved. Republication, rebroadcast or redistribution without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.