Sonoma County budget allots more funding for core services, affordable housing project

Sonoma County’s Board of Supervisors has adopted a $2.27 billion budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year — a slight overall decrease from the current year, but one that reflects an additional 2.8 percent allotted to payroll for the county’s 4,390 full-time employees, the board said in a statement.

“While it does not solve all our problems, without extravagance it meets our needs,” Supervisor Chris Coursey, the chairman of the board, said of the spending plan. “It takes care of our employees, safeguards core public services and ongoing county operations, addresses department requests and infrastructure needs, and promotes good governance by bolstering the county’s rainy-day fund.”