Sonoma County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
• Agency Response
Read and Eonsid D Dat Department Grand Jury Report Response Report Title: Sonoma County Emergency Evacuation Plans Are
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Findings and Recommendations 6 findings
F1
Sonoma County's Emergency Operations Plan, Hazard Mitigation Plan, and Department of Emergency Management are an excellent foundation for disaster preparation.
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R1
By December 5,2026, the Board of Supervisors shall direct Sonoma Public lnfrastructure to estimate and report the necessary cost and location of radio repeaters needed to fully implement GMRS repeaters serving the entire County
F2
The County EOP is intended to be executed in an ad hoc manner without advance identification of specific evacuation routes or predesignated shelters.
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R2
The Board of Supervisors shall direct the Department of Emergency Management to report on the resources required to accelerate Emergency Operations Plan Annex Goals SE2 and SE5 from 2030 to 2027 by February 2,2026, and shall evaluate this SHERIFF,S OFFICE RESPONSE O27 County budget.
F3
Most of Sonoma County's major evacuation routes are incapable of accommodating predictable evacuation traffic in a timely manner.
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R3
By July 1, 2026, the Board of Supervisors shall fund Department of Emergency Management acquisition of evacuation management modeling and simulation software which will facilitate advance identification of zone-specific evacuation routes and evacuation messaging.
F4
Most roads critical to emergency evacuation in the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County have no remotely managed capability for controlling traffic flow, and existing traffic controls will not be operational during power failures.
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R4
The Board of Supervisors shall direct the Department of Emergency Management to report on the resources required to identify and include within County Evacuation Maps the location of all predesignated county-operated evacuation shelters by March 2,2026,
F5
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is primarily responsible for ensuring public safety during evacuations, but SCSO staffing may require temporary assignment of non-SCSO County employees for concurrent execution of household evacuation notices and evacuation route traffic management.
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R5
By July 1, 2026, the Board of Supervisors and the Sonoma County Sheriff shall review Sonoma County evacuation plans to determine whether trained and certified Sonoma County employees (using the authority granted by California Government Code Gov. Code S53100-31.02) should become a resource for emergency traffic control operations.
F6
Organized community-based communications networks are a proven emergency resource yet remain only partly integrated into county and city emergency operations and communications infrastructures and require additional investment to provide county-wide coverage. I (we) agree with the findings numbered: Fl, F3 SHERIFF,S OFFICE RESPONSE -2025 I (we) disagree wholly or partially with the findings numbered: (Attach a statement specifying any portions of the findings that are disputed with an explanation of the reasons.)
No recommendations for this finding