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Sonoma County Grand Jury • 2024-2025

Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Evacuation Plans areas. The research evidence is clear that plain, specific alerts

Published: June 01, 2025 18 pages

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Findings 6 findings

F1 Page 79

Sonoma County’s Emergency Operations Plan, Hazard Mitigation Plan, and Department of Emergency Management are an excellent foundation for disaster preparation. June 2025 77 Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Evacuation Plans

F2 Page 80

The County EOP is intended to be executed in an ad hoc manner without advance identification of specific evacuation routes or predesignated shelters.

F3 Page 80

Most of Sonoma County’s major evacuation routes are incapable of accommodating predictable evacuation traffic in a timely manner.

F4 Page 80

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.

F5 Page 80

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.

F6 Page 80

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.

Recommendations 5

R1
Page 80

GMRS repeaters serving the entire County. 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
R2
Page 80

2030 to 2027 by February 2, 2026, and shall evaluate this resource requirement for inclusion in the 2027 County budget. 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
R3
Page 80

advance identification of zone-specific evacuation routes and evacuation messaging. 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
R4
Page 80

predesignated county-operated evacuation shelters by March 2, 2026. 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
R5
Page 80

(using the authority granted by California Government Code Gov. Code §§3100–3102) should become a resource for emergency traffic control operations.

Agency Responses 1

Government agencies' official responses to this report's findings and recommendations. Click on a response to see the structured breakdown.

Sonoma County Public Infrastructure Department

September 12, 2025 • 3 pages • 3 responses • Score: +3 (+3, 0, 0) View Details ▾

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3 responses to findings and recommendations

Most of Sonoma County’s major evacuation routes are incapable of accommodating predictable evacuation traffic in a timely manner.

Response: Agree Score: +1

agree with the findings numbered: FL,F4 I (we) disagree wholly or partially with the findings numbered: F3, F6 (Attach a statement specifying any portions of the findings that are disputed with an explanation of the reasons.

Response: Agree Score: +1