Sheriff’s incident reports are generated after either of two events 1) a citizen has reported an event/crime and a deputy has substantiated that a report is necessary or 2) a deputy has witnessed an event/crime in progress. These incident reports represent a wide spectrum of law enforcement activity from informational reports to serious crime reports. For more information about this dataset please go to the About button and click on the Attachment. For an interactive map of this data, please visit: http://www.raidsonline.com/?address=4787%20Old%20Redwood%20Hwy%20Santa%20Rosa,%20CA.

Event data summarizes Sheriff's dispatch and deputy initiated activities. Events related to the following Penal Codes have been omitted in accordance with the California Public Records Act: 220, 236.1, 243.4, 261, 261.5, 262, 262(a)(1), 264, 264.1, 265, 266, 266(a), 266(b), 266(c), 266(e), 266(f), 266(j), 267, 269, 269(a), 273(a), 273(d), 273.5, 285, 286, 288, 288(a), 288.2, 288.3, 288.5, 288.7, 289, 422.6, 422.7, 422.75, 646.9, 647.6, as well as Welfare and Institutions Code 5150 or Business and Professions Code 729(a) and Stake Out. Additionally canceled events are not reported.

Each row of data represents an arrest or citation. Arrest charges are grouped together in the charge description column. Charge details are delimited by semicolons and charges are delimited by line breaks with multiple hyphens. Location information has been generalized to the nearest intersection.

Information Systems Department metrics

Current salary steps (A Step - I Step) and unit designations for all job classifications.

The Sonoma County Department of Health Services Food Facility inspection data. Food safety and consumer protection programs provided by the Department of Health Services serve many food facilities, such as restaurants, caterers, mobile units, grocery stores, wineries, or any facility selling food directly to the consumer.

This dataset contains the approved budget values for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. The data does not include operating transfers within county funds. The data does include reimbursements, which are reclassification of expenses between or within County departments to avoid overstating expenses. More information about Reimbursements can be found in the Attachments section of the About link.

The Information Systems Department logs a ticket (either an incident or service request) for each request for service made by a department or agency. An independent third party, the Help Desk Institute, periodically sends out satisfaction surveys for some of the tickets completed by the Information Systems Department. This dataset includes the results of those surveys. Blank survey responses indicate the responding department or agency chose not to respond to the survey questions.

This dataset provides a count by year of first names given to babies born in Sonoma County. Current year data is updated monthly. In the 1800’s, the processes for birth registration were not as established as they are today. Births could have been registered in other places, such as churches, and not all births were reported. Given this, the number of births recorded early on may only represent a subset of the actual births that occurred during that time period. Blank names mean that the birth certificate did not have a name listed. There is no requirement that the baby's name be determined prior to the birth certificate being registered. Birth certificates can be amended through the state at a later date to add the first name, if the individual desires to do so.

On October 11, 2015, Governor Brown signed SB 272 into law. This bill requires local agencies to publish a list of “enterprise” systems. These are systems that are used across multiple departments or that contain information collected about the public and are systems that serve as original sources of data within an agency.

Certain systems are exempt from disclosure, including:
•Emergency services systems.
•Information technology security.
•Building access.
•Mechanical controls.

This catalog will be reviewed and updated on an annual basis by July 1 of each year. For more information, please visit http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/SB272/.