The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors has approved $3 million in additional funds for several homeless intervention projects, as part of a goal to reduce the number of homeless people in the county by 10 percent annually.

The funds will go to six local nonprofits as well as the cities of Rohnert Park, Petaluma and Sonoma, according a news release issued by county officials. The funding comes from Measure O, the quarter-cent sales tax measure voters approved in 2020 to fund mental health and homelessness services.

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