Editing Sonoma County, California (section)

==Government==
Sonoma County's governing board and legislative body is the five-member [[Sonoma County Board of Supervisors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Departments-Agencies/Board-of-Supervisors/ |title=Board of Supervisors |publisher=Sonoma County |access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref> Supervisors are elected by district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/board/district.htm |title=Supervisorial Districts |website=sonoma-county.org |access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref> at the Consolidated Primary Election, and serve for four years. The Supervisors also sit as directors of several local jurisdictions, such as [[Sonoma Water]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scwa.ca.gov/ |title=Sonoma County Water Agency |website=scwa.org |access-date=July 17, 2014 |archive-date=July 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715200103/http://www.scwa.ca.gov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonomaopenspace.org/ |title=Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District |website=sonomaopenspace.org |access-date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>

The current supervisors (as of January 2021) are:
* District 1: Susan Gorin,
* District 2: David Rabbitt,
* District 3: Chris Coursey,
* District 4: James Gore, and
* District 5: Lynda Hopkins.<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Board-of-Supervisors/
 | title = Board of Supervisors
 | publisher = County of Sonoma
 | access-date = September 11, 2021}}</ref>

The Supervisors appoint the members of 59 boards, commissions, and committees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/board/maddy/list.asp |title=Boards, Commissions, Committees & Task Forces |website=sonoma-county.org |date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421011201/http://www.sonoma-county.org/board/maddy/list.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The County Administrator<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Departments-and-Agencies/County-Administrators-Office/ |title=County Administrators Office |work=Departments and Agencies |publisher=Sonoma County |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209044552/http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Departments-and-Agencies/County-Administrators-Office/ |archive-date=February 9, 2014 }}</ref> is the county's chief executive officer, reporting to the Board of Supervisors. The administrator manages the county's departments, such as the regional parks department.

On December 15, 2009, the Board announced<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/news/pdf/20091215_new_cao.pdf |title=Press Release: Supervisors Announce New County Administrator |publisher=Sonoma County |date=December 15, 2009 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513181711/http://www.sonoma-county.org/news/pdf/20091215_new_cao.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> the appointment of Veronica Ferguson to be the first woman County Administrator. She assumed office on February 1, 2010.

On May 1, 2014, the county launched a [[public utility]] named [[Community Choice Aggregation#Sonoma Clean Power|Sonoma Clean Power]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=GNECKOW|first1=ERIC|title=Sonoma Clean Power flips switch for first customers|url=http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/csp/mediapool/sites/NBBJ/IndustryNews/story.csp?cid=4185043&sid=778&fid=181|access-date=November 24, 2016|work=The North Bay Business Journal|date=May 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107221502/http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/csp/mediapool/sites/NBBJ/IndustryNews/story.csp?cid=4185043&sid=778&fid=181|archive-date=November 7, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> This utility was created under the guidelines of [[Community Choice Aggregation]].

===State and federal representation===
Sonoma County is split between California's [[California's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] and [[California's 4th congressional district|4th]] congressional districts, represented by {{Representative|cacd|2}} and {{Representative|cacd|4}}, respectively.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|5|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>

In the [[California State Assembly]], Sonoma County is split between the [[California's 2nd State Assembly district|2nd]], [[California's 4th State Assembly district|4th]], and [[California's 10th State Assembly district|10th]] districts, which are held by {{Representative|caad|2|fmt=spfl}}, {{Representative|caad|4|fmt=spfl}}, and {{Representative|caad|10|fmt=spfl}}, respectively.<ref>{{cite web
| url       = http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers |title=Members Assembly |access-date=March 2, 2013
| publisher = State of California}}</ref> In the [[California State Senate]], the county is split between {{Representative|casd|2|fmt=sdistrict}}, and {{Representative|casd|3|fmt=sdistrict}}.

===Law enforcement===
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Department is the law enforcement agency for the unincorporated area of the county. It also contracts to provide the police forces of the City of Sonoma and the Town of Windsor. The department has more than 1,000 employees, including more than 275 Deputy Sheriffs, in four bureaus. More than 300 Correctional Officers and staff work in two jail facilities; Main Area Detention Facility and the North County Detention Facility, with a total daily population of nearly 1,200 inmates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonomasheriff.org/about_overview.php |title=Sheriff's Department Overview |publisher=Sonoma County Sheriff's Office |date=April 19, 2002 |access-date=July 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727060640/http://www.sonomasheriff.org/about_overview.php |archive-date=July 27, 2014 }}</ref> Police shootings in 2007 led to calls for an independent civilian police review board;<ref>Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 3/30/07: ''Fatal police shootings rekindle review debate/Recent cases raise decade-old concerns over agencies' abilities to investigate each other''</ref> which was established in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE HISTORY OF THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT REVIEW AND OUTREACH (IOLERO)|url=https://unionhall.aflcio.org/system/files/iolero_history.pdf|access-date=November 10, 2020}}</ref>

===Incidents===

====2015 "Yard Counseling" torture incident====

In 2015, news broke of systematic torture by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. One victim suffered from internal bleeding, and was subsequently denied medical care for several days.  Numerous victims claim that they were inflicted with various forms of head and brain trauma and sustained brain injury.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ONLY ON ABC7NEWS.COM: Inmate describes alleged abuse by Sonoma County jail guards |url=https://abc7news.com/sonoma-county-jail-correctional-deputies-beat-inmates-filed-a-lawsuit-attorney-izaak-schwaiger/1018775/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=ABC7 San Francisco |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-10-05 |title=Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Sued for Alleged Torture, Beatings of Jail Inmates |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sonoma-county-sheriff-offices-sued-for-alleged-torture-beatings-of-jail-inmates/65366/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=NBC Bay Area |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Kale |date=2015-10-06 |title=Suit charges inmates were beaten, tortured at Sonoma County Jail |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Suit-charges-inmates-were-beaten-tortured-at-6553508.php |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Lisa |date=2015-10-06 |title=Sonoma County Jail Guards Beat, Humiliated Inmates in 'Sadistic' Attack: Federal Lawsuit |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/jail-guards-beat-humiliated-sonoma-county-jail-federal-lawsuit/104173/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=NBC Bay Area |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PAYNE |first=PAUL |date=2015-10-05 |title=Sonoma County inmates sue over alleged brutal, hours-long beatings |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/lawsuit-claims-sonoma-county-jail-inmates-suffered-5-hour-beating-at-hands/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |language=en-US}}</ref>

====Allegations of sexual misconduct by public officials====

Dominic Foppoli was a mayor of Windsor, and on the town council. He was accused of rape or sexual assault by 14 different women.  Accusations include the use of date rape drugs, alcohol, violence, and manipulation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timeline of sexual assault allegations against Dominic Foppoli |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2021/windsor-dominic-foppoli-timeline/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=The San Francisco Chronicle |language=en}}</ref>

Robert Jacob was the mayor of Sebastopol, and was convicted of child sexual abuse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Regimbal |first=Alec |date=2023-01-30 |title=Ex-Bay Area mayor expected to serve 7 years in child sex abuse case |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/former-sebastopol-mayor-prison-sentence-17751572.php |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=SFGATE |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-26 |title=Former Sebastopol mayor gets 7 years in prison for lewd conduct with child |url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/former-sebastopol-mayor-gets-7-years-in-prison-for-lewd-conduct-with-child |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Bay City News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=ATAGI |first=COLIN |date=2023-03-23 |title=Former Sebastopol mayor sentenced to prison for child sex crimes, addresses victim in court |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/former-sebastopol-mayor-sentenced-in-lewd-acts-case-must-register-as-sex-o/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat |language=en-US}}</ref>