Sonoma Valley Collaborative is proud to have been nominated for the 2024 Heart of Sonoma award for Excellence in Innovation by the Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) .

Sonoma Valley Collaborative reiterated many of our previous verbal comments on the updated City of Sonoma General Plan. These comments are derived from SVC’s consensus housing advocacy platform and driven by a vision of Sonoma as a place where people who live or work here pay less than 30% of their income for housing.

We are excited to introduce our newest team member!

SVC comments on the Existing Conditions Report and the Land Use Map for the City of Sonoma’s General Plan update.

Announcing a new project that will set the stage for more housing services, protections for residents, and new affordable homes.

SVC asks City Council to prioritize goals supported by the entire Sonoma Valley Collaborative Council.

Quotes from the August 30, 2023 event, The State of Housing in Sonoma Valley.

Learn about the impressive turn out as the Sonoma County Planning Commission considered the Sonoma County Draft Housing Element Update.

Read and endorse Sonoma Valley Collaborative’s public comment on the Sonoma County draft 6th Cycle Housing Element.

Maite Iturri, Chair, Springs Municipal Advisory Council and David Guhin, City Manager, City of Sonoma on what is possible in the Springs and City of Sonoma.

Insights From Community Leaders Working Together to Solve Problems

We need your support to reach our fundraising goal of $60,000 to take these next steps toward a sustainable housing future in Sonoma Valley.

There is still work to be done to make Sonoma Valley a place where teachers, first responders, service industry workers, and families can afford to live.

Sonoma Valley Collaborative partnered with La Luz Center's Sonoma County Parents LEAD program to create a Housing Advocacy Workshop for Latinx parents to influence housing policy, such as the Sonoma County Housing Element.

We support reducing the number of whole-house vacation rentals over time in Sonoma County.

These pro-housing commitments in the City’s Housing Element might not be there without Sonoma Valley Collaborative’s advocacy.

The turnout showed what true cross-community collaboration can do, on an issue that affects every aspect of our community—affordable homes.

Sonoma Valley Collaborative recognized Fred Allebach as our Star Volunteer of the year, at Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund’s award ceremony on October 9, 2022.

Sonoma Valley Collaborative staff spent the afternoon with 20 Teen Services' Keystone Leadership Program members to create effective, personal statements to support a better housing future in Sonoma Valley.

The deed of a house in City of Sonoma states “No persons of any race other than Caucasian Race shall use or occupy any building or any lot, except that this covenant shall not prevent occupancy by domestic servants or a different race domiciled with an owner or tenant”.