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Board adopts ag employee housing code changes to implement state law
Summary
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved amendments to county code to align local ag employee housing rules with the State Employee Housing Act, lowering farm-size thresholds and adding a gross-sales pathway intended to expand eligibility for farmworker dwellings while retaining county building and objective standards.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt staff recommendations to revise county zoning code chapters 26, 30, 40a and 40d to implement the State Employee Housing Act and the county's housing element.
The change converts ag employee housing from a residential to an agricultural use where state-permitted employee housing is permitted ministerially; it removes discretionary permitting conflicts with state law while retaining county objective standards and building permit authority. "It has two components. One is to reduce thresholds to…
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