Sonoma County, California

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Sonoma County is one of 58 counties in California.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of California county websites

[edit] The good

• The names and contact information for all board of supervisor members is available.^[1]

Board of supervisor meeting agendas and minutes are published.^[2]

• Contact information for administrative officials is available.^[3]

• The complete budget and audit reports are available.^[4]

• Information on taxes is provided.^[5][6]

• Information on contracts is available.^[7]

• Information on how to obtain public records is provided.^[8]

[edit] The bad

• There is no information on building permits and zoning and lobbying.

[edit] Lobbying

Main article: California taxpayer-funded lobbying

Sonoma County pays for services of the lobbying firm Alcade & Fay. ^[9]

[edit] External links

Sonoma County

• Sonoma County
• Sonoma County Assessor
• Sonoma County on E-Reference
• Sonoma Wine Country
• Sonoma Parks and Recreation
• Sonoma County Sheriff's Office
• Russian River Wine Road Sonoma County
• Sonoma Travel Information
• Sonoma County on Wikipedia

[edit] References

1. ↑ Board
2. ↑ Meetings
3. ↑ Contact
4. ↑ Financial Documents
5. ↑ Tax Reports
6. ↑ Taxes
7. ↑ Purchasing Department
8. ↑ Records
9. ↑ Client List

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