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Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
West County is District 5, represented by Supervisor Lynda Hopkins. The Board meets Tuesdays at 9:00 AM in Santa Rosa and online; agendas, documents, video, and minutes all run through the county's Legistar portal.
Latest meeting — Tuesday, October 13, 2026 (draft minutes)
- Coast land protected: the Board, sitting as the Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District's directors, approved $2,480,000 toward a conservation easement on Osprey Hill Ranch — 354.74 acres at 6700 Highway 1 on the Sonoma Coast. Sonoma Land Trust is buying the ranch for $7,800,000 with state and foundation partners.
- Wohler Bridge: approved a change order of up to $510,000 for environmental compliance work on the Wohler Road Bridge seismic retrofit over the Russian River. The contract's not-to-exceed total stays $26,232,083.
- River restoration funding: $400,000 from the Lytton Tribal Mitigation Fund to Russian Riverkeeper for the Russian River Floodplain Restoration project (Hanson Pits, near Windsor), part of a $950,000 round of grants.
- Every recorded vote at the meeting was 5–0, with all five supervisors present.
Source: October 13, 2026 draft minutes (PDF) · meeting detail page
Next meeting
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, 9:00 AM. The agenda is final and an addendum is posted. Source: November 3 meeting page
Board meetings, agendas & minutes (Legistar) County Board Meetings page
Lower Russian River Municipal Advisory Council
The River MAC advises the Board of Supervisors and county decision-makers for Forestville, Rio Nido, Guerneville, Monte Rio, Duncans Mills, Villa Grande, and parts of Cazadero. It meets the second Thursday of each month at 5:30 PM at the West County Services Center, 16390 Main Street, Suite B, Guerneville, with a virtual option.
Latest meeting — Thursday, October 8, 2026
- County update from Supervisor Hopkins and staff.
- Presentations on the Active Transportation & Safe Routes to School work for the lower river — a bicycle/pedestrian plan including the Forestville connection, and early safety concepts for the Guerneville Elementary area (Armstrong Woods Road & Laughlin Road), with community feedback requested.
- The consent agenda included approval of the draft minutes from the September 10, 2026 meeting. Draft minutes for a meeting are approved at the following meeting, which is why the written record runs about a month behind.
Source: October 8, 2026 meeting page & agenda
Next meeting
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 5:30 PM. Source: October 8 meeting page, above.
River MAC home page Sample of the record: Sept. 11, 2025 draft minutes (PDF) Meeting recordings — District 5 YouTube
Sonoma County Coast Municipal Advisory Council
The Coast MAC covers Valley Ford, Bodega, Bodega Bay, Jenner, Timber Cove, Fort Ross, West Cazadero, The Sea Ranch, and Annapolis. It has recently met roughly every other month, on Thursdays at 5:30 PM, rotating among coast venues, with a virtual option.
Latest meeting — Thursday, September 24, 2026
- Held at the Valley Ford Schoolhouse. The agenda included Zone 0 defensible-space regulations and how they apply on the Sonoma Coast, and approval of the July 23, 2026 meeting minutes.
Source: September 24, 2026 meeting page & agenda
Next meeting
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 5:30–7:30 PM, where the council will elect its 2027 chair and vice chair. Sources: Board of Supervisors Department calendar · September 24 agenda, above.
Note: the Coast MAC's March 26, 2026 meeting did not convene for lack of a quorum; Supervisor Hopkins and staff held a community meeting on coastal cell coverage and emergency communications instead. Source: March 26, 2026 meeting page
Coast MAC home page Nov. 20, 2025 draft minutes (PDF) Nov. 20, 2025 agenda packet (PDF)
Lower Russian River Wastewater Citizens Advisory Group
A nine-resident advisory group for the Monte Rio / Villa Grande Wastewater Solutions Pilot Project — the county-led effort to find practical, affordable ways for homes on aging septic systems to meet state and county water-quality rules. Meetings were generally held the fourth Thursday of each month, 6:00–8:00 PM, at the Monte Rio Community Center.
Where the project stands
- Consultant Brelje & Race released a draft alternatives analysis in September 2024 comparing options for the two communities — including area-wide or limited collection systems, cluster systems, and upgrades to individual septic systems — along with estimated costs and management options.
- The group's minutes are posted as PDFs in the county's document archive. Example: September 26, 2024 meeting minutes (PDF).
Source: Wastewater CAG county page
Status watch: county postings we can verify run through fall 2024. In November 2025, the District 5 newsletter publicly thanked the group's volunteers for their work since 2018. Whether the group still meets on its old monthly schedule is not posted anywhere we can find — we are watching, and this section will be updated when the county posts something new. Source: District 5 newsletter, November 7, 2025