A Call to Action: act on this opportunity to help Sonoma Valley address its housing crisis.

Our five Sonoma County Supervisors spent January 28 planning their year ahead. Here are their priorities on housing.

Op-ed by David Morell, Board President of Sonoma Ecology Center, our parent organization

Six regional housing experts spent a day in Sonoma Valley last week to vet strategies that could most effectively achieve Sustainable Sonoma's housing goal.

Many new tenant and housing-related policies come into effect in California in January 2020.

• Local leaders weigh in on housing values

• Housing strategy underway

• The fires affected everyone in Sonoma Valley, and Sustainable Sonoma is about what affects everyone.

• Sonoma County is Changing its Housing Game

• Housing Words that Works

• What we've done since the 2017 fires

• What's next?

• Statewide law now caps rent increases, to not exceed inflation plus 5% per year.

• Sonoma Valley Housing Declaration clip on KRCB Public Media

• Learning from a community with many similarities to Sonoma Valley

Dr. Manuel presents a “Sonoma County Affordable Housing Playbook”. Watch to learn from Dr. Manuel about the messages that we can all embrace as we collectively seek to shift local perspectives about housing.

Dr. Tiffany Manuel, President & CEO of TheCaseMade, discusses how we can elevate the conversation about housing affordability and bring new solutions to Sonoma Valley.

Article by Caitlin Cornwall, Sustainable Sonoma, Project Director.

• Report: Sonoma County Housing Emergency Update

• Strategies for improving housing in Sonoma Valley

We, the undersigned, pledge to work together, across boundaries, to increase, improve and preserve housing that is affordable for people who live or work in the Valley within already developed areas to create diverse safe, complete neighborhoods.

• Relevant articles on Sustainable Sonoma’s conversation around housing affordability

• Expert recommendations on housing

• Join biking solutions book club

• Workshop on listening sessions for Health Action Chapters

• Sustainable Sonoma Council unpacks “housing affordability” and what that means as this coalition’s first collective goal.

• Next steps for bettering Sonoma Valley's housing situation