Advocacy

We are your voice at the local, region, state and national level for legislation that funds bicycle infrastructure and improves safety for all riders. We meet regularly with staff to be involved in issues as early as possible. We attend city council meetings in Sonoma County’s nine incorporated cities and meetings of the Board of Supervisors to be your voice whenever action is pending on an item that could have an impact on safe cycling. Bike Coalition staff are members of many important committees such as the Sonoma County Transportation Authority Citizens Advisory Committee and the Caltrans District 4 Bicycle Advisory Committee. We also work closely with city and County agencies to identify funding for bicycle paths and trails.

Our Advocacy Priorities

Read our guiding document.

Join Our Advocacy Army

We’re creating a network of small advocacy groups throughout the county to be our eyes and ears on the ground as we strive to expand our impact. We’re working with Bikeable Santa Rosa, BikeSebastopol, and Safe Streets Petaluma.  Email Emily for more info if you’d like to get involved!

Contact Your Elected Officials

Calendar of public meetings

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Whole Board bos@sonoma-county.org
Susan Gorin 1st District Susan.Gorin@sonoma-county.org
David Rabbitt 2nd District David.Rabbitt@sonoma-county.org
Chris Coursey 3rd District district3@sonoma-county.org
James Gore 4th District district4@sonoma-county.org
Lynda Hopkins 5th District Lynda.Hopkins@sonoma-county.org
Planning Commission PlanningAgency@sonoma-county.org
Santa Rosa Whole Council citycouncil@srcity.org
Jeff Okrepkie Council Member, District 6 jokrepkie@srcity.org
Chris Rogers Council Member, District 5 crogers@srcity.org
Natalie Rogers Mayor, District 7 nrogers@srcity.org
Victoria Fleming Council Member, District 4 vfleming@srcity.org
Eddie Alvarez Council Member, District 1 ealvarez@srcity.org
Mark Stapp Council Member, District 2 mstapp@srcity.org
Dianna MacDonald Vice Mayor, District 3 dmacdonald@srcity.org
Planning Commission planningcommission@srcity.org
Petaluma Whole Council cityclerk@cityofpetaluma.org
Kevin McDonnell Mayor kmcdonnell@cityofpetaluma.org
Brian Barnacle Councilmember bbarnacle@cityofpetaluma.org
Janice Cader Thompson Councilmember, District 1
Mike Healy Councilmember mhealy@cityofpetaluma.org
John Shribbs Councilmember, District 2 jshribbs@cityofpetaluma.org
Karen Nau Councilmember, District 3 knau@cityofpetaluma.org
Dennis Pocekay Councilmember dpocekay@cityofpetaluma.org
Planning Commission hhines@cityofpetaluma.org
Rohnert Park
Gerard Giudice Council Member ggiudice@rpcity.org
Jackie Elward Councilmember jelward@rpcity.org
Susan Hollingsworth Adams Vice Mayor sadams@rpcity.org
Samantha Rodriguez Mayor srodriguez@rpcity.org
Emily Sanborn Council Member esanborn@rpcity.org
Planning Commission jsedna@rpcity.org
Sebastopol Whole Council citycouncil@cityofsebastopol.org
Stephen Zollman Councilmember szollman@cityofsebastopol.org
Jill McLewis Councilmember jlewis@cityofsebastopol.org
Neysa Hinton Mayor nhinton@cityofsebastopol.org
Diana Rich Vice Mayor drich@cityofsebastopol.org
Sandra Maurer Councilmember smaurer@cityofsebastopol.org
Planning Commission ksvanstrom@cityofsebastopol.org
Windsor Whole Council towncouncil@townofwindsor.com
Rosa Reynoza Mayor rreynoza@townofwindsor.com
Sam Salmon Vice Mayor, District 2 ssalmon@townofwindsor.com
Debora Fudge Councilmember, District 3 dfudge@townofwindsor.com
Mike Wall Council Member mwall@townofwindsor.com
Tanya Potter Council Member tpotter@townofwindsor.com
Healdsburg
Evelyn Mitchell Council Member emitchell@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Ron Edwards Council Member redwards@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
David Hagele Vice Mayor dhagele@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Ariel Kelley Mayor akelley@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Chris Herrod Council Member cherrod@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Planning Commission Planning@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Cotati Whole Council lberges@cotaticity.org
Susan Harvey Mayor sharvey@cotaticity.org
Laura Sparks Vice Mayor lsparks@cotaticity.org
Ben Ford Council Member bford@cotaticity.org
Kay Rivers Council Member krivers@cotaticity.org
Sylvia Lemus Council Member slemus@cotaticity.org
Planning Commission lberges@cotaticity.org
Sonoma Whole Council CityCouncil@sonomacity.org
Patricia Farrar-Rivas Council Member patricia.farrar-rivas@sonomacity.org
Jack Ding Council Member jack.ding@sonomacity.org
John Gurney Vice Mayor john.gurney@sonomacity.org
Ron Wellander Councilmember ron.wellander@sonomacity.org
Sandra Lowe Mayor sandra.lowe@sonomacity.org
Planning Commission publiccomment@sonomacity.org
Cloverdale
Melanie Bagby Councilmember mbagby@ci.cloverdale.ca.us
Gus Wolter Vice Mayor gwolter@ci.cloverdale.ca.us
Brian Wheeler Councilmember bwheeler@ci.cloverdale.ca.us
Todd Lands Mayor
Marjorie Morgenstern Councilmember mmorgenstern@ci.cloverdale.ca.us
Planning Commission dkelley@ci.cloverdale.ca.us

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updated 01/10/2023