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Contact Us by Phone
Permit Sonoma Phone	(707) 565-1900 Our phone tree automated system will direct your call.
Division and Section Phone Numbers	Find out which Division or Section within Permit Sonoma to contact.
Employee Directory	Use the Employee Directory list only if you have been assigned a specific employee as a contact. Otherwise, please call the main phone number at (707) 565-1900 or find out which Permit Sonoma Division to contact.

Contact Us by Email
Public Records Act Requests	The Public Records Act allows the public to inspect and request copies of qualifying public records prepared or retained by any public agency.
Ombudsperson	The Ombudsperson provides value-added customer service on individual projects and facilitates process improvements that result in a more user friendly permitting process.
Permit Sonoma Webmaster	Email the Webmaster to let us know only of issues/suggestions related to Permit Sonoma web pages or the Permits Online permitting tool.
Permit Sonoma Main Contact	If you are unsure of whom to contact, submit your inquiry here, and your message will be directed.

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What We Do

Permit Sonoma, also known as the Permit and Resource Management Department (PRMD), is Sonoma County's consolidated land use planning and development permitting agency. Virtually any land development or construction that takes place in the unincorporated area of Sonoma County (outside the city limits of the nine cities) is reviewed, permitted, and inspected by Permit Sonoma.

The department was created as part of a countywide reorganization in 1995 by bringing staff from five separate departments together under one roof and with one common mission. On January 1, 2019, the Fire Prevention and Hazardous Materials division joined Permit Sonoma.

Our department is organized into various Divisions, which are in turn organized into various Sections all working together to meet the goals of Permit Sonoma's mission.

Division and Section Information

Mission Statement

Our mission is to serve the people of Sonoma County by providing a customer-focused process for the orderly development of real property, balanced with resource stewardship under the general policy direction of the Board of Supervisors and to develop and maintain standards that protect the health and safety of the public.

Organizational Chart

Organizational Chart