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Sonoma County supervisors adopt 2026 'key items' calendar, add ADU condominium option and noise-ordinance discussion
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a 2026 key-items calendar and directed staff to add consideration of AB 10 33 (ADU condominiumization) as an opt-in item and to include a county noise-ordinance conversation as part of the general-plan update. CEO Rivera outlined next steps and timing.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to adopt its 2026 "key items" calendar and instructed staff to add several topics for future review, including consideration of AB 10 33 (referred to in public testimony as AB 10 33), an option to allow condominium-style ownership of accessory dwelling units, and a countywide discussion of a noise ordinance as part of the general-plan update.
County executive Rivera introduced the draft calendar, saying it was developed "with the input [of] department heads" to reflect board priorities while accounting for staff capacity. Rivera told the board the calendar is a draft and that staff would "clean up some of the time slots" and return with refined timing.
Why it matters: the calendar sets the board'level work plan for the year and determines when the county will take up items that affect housing, planning and community services. Supervisors and members of the public framed the additions as responses to local housing pressures and repeated public requests.
Several supervisors expressed support for adding the ADU condominium option and for exploring ways to streamline permitting. "I will say that the planning commission isn't always the place that I would first go to when I'm looking at streamlining permitting processes," Supervisor Hopkins said during the discussion. Generation Housing and a public speaker earlier in the meeting had urged specifically that AB 10 33 and SB 10 be placed on the calendar, citing Sebastopol's recent adoption of an ADU-condominium approach.
The board also directed staff to bring forward a noise-ordinance conversation as part of the general-plan process after multiple unincorporated-area residents said they want clearer local rules to limit construction and other persistent noise. CEO Rivera told the board he would discuss sequencing with the Permit Sonoma director and fold the noise discussion into the general-plan timeline.
Other items the board asked staff to prioritize or clarify included: further attention to mobile-home park closure and conversion regulations (the board heard multiple public comments on this topic and CEO Rivera said it is part of the housing-element scope), a budget/workshop review of roads and infrastructure cash flow, and moving an update from the immigration ad-hoc committee up to March rather than April.
Motion and next steps: The motion to approve the calendar was moved by Supervisor Rabbit and seconded; the board approved the calendar by voice vote. CEO Rivera confirmed staff will return with scheduling details and any necessary refinements to the draft calendar prior to the next relevant meetings.
The board will reconvene on Feb. 10; several of the added items will be sequenced into the budget workshops and housing-element work in the spring.
