Recommendation R8
By September 1, 2026, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors shall support previously endorsed efforts by the Department of Health Services to convene willing partners from Sonoma County cities to develop a county-wide system of uniformly humane, legally compliant, and cost-effective animal services, including centralized license management for the county’s dogs.
Jury report: Animal Services Revisited: A City Asleep at the Wheel · PDF page 19
Permanent linkOfficial response
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Agency plans to implementDescribes invitations sent May 1, 2026 and discussions planned for summer 2026 about a JPA or other collaborative service models.
Read official response · PDF page 2Identifies partner outreach and an initial discussion period, while making a final model a longer-term collaborative effort.
- Begin discussions with interested jurisdictions and nonprofit providers about a JPA or other collaborative animal-services model, continuing while a model is decided and formalized. Owner: Sonoma County staff with participating partners. Timing: Planned to begin during summer 2026; no final-model completion date supplied..
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