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Votes at a glance: April 22 Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Summary
This board summary lists key votes and formal outcomes from the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 22, 2025, including approvals for Sea Ranch conversion, Sonoma Water rates and the Russian River restoration project.
This is a brief summary of formal motions and final outcomes recorded during the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors regular meeting on April 22, 2025.
Consent calendar - Items 2'24 (consent calendar): The board took a roll-call vote on items 2 through 24 together with item 5 excluded for separate consideration. The consent items (2'24 excluding item 5) were approved by roll call. One supervisor recorded an intention to vote "no" on item 5 and item 5 was handled separately per the board's direction (the transcript notes a separate vote on item 5 to be recorded).
Item 25 ' Sheriff appointment (retiree extra help) - Action: Approval to appoint Lisa Bratton as a retiree extra-help payroll department analyst under Government Code section 7522.56 (PEPRA exception). - Motion: Moved and seconded; voice vote; approved unanimously.
Item 26 ' Sea Ranch loan forgiveness and rental-to-homeownership conversion - Action: Approved proposal to forgive county loan (amount presented not to exceed $701,854), convert initial five vacant rental units at Sea Ranch 14 to affordable homeownership and impose 55-year deed restrictions; Burbank Housing to provide down-payment assistance and a repair reserve. - Motion: Moved and seconded; voice vote; approved unanimously.
Sonoma Water budget and rates (transmission system) - Action: Approved Sonoma Water FY25'26 transmission budget (presented as approximately $82 million across funds) and composite wholesale rates after contractor negotiations reduced a larger proposed increase to roughly 10.76% for most aqueducts; Petaluma aqueduct adopted a small capital charge raising its increase modestly. - Motion: Moved and seconded; voice vote; approved unanimously.
Item 28 ' Downtown Santa Rosa EIFD (infrastructure financing plan) - Action: No board vote; the board and staff discussed the draft Infrastructure Financing Plan (IFP). Staff will revise the IFP to reflect board comments; the Public Financing Authority will hold a first public hearing on May 8.
Item 29 ' Russian River Floodplain Restoration Project - Action: Approved the restoration use permit, general-plan amendments and rezones necessary for the project and found the proposal to qualify for a CEQA statutory restoration exemption based on CDFW concurrence. - Motion: Moved and seconded; voice vote; approved unanimously.
How the board voted - In each of the recorded formal votes in the transcript, the motions were approved without recorded opposition. The transcript documents that supervisors present voted in favor of the items noted above; where a recorded roll-call occurred for the consent calendar (items 2'24 excluding item 5), votes were called by name.
For readers: This summary lists the primary formal actions noted in the April 22 meeting. For details of conditions, amounts and next steps, see the staff reports and the full meeting transcript.
