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Message from the CEO

Welcome to Napa County News, a brand new monthly e-newsletter from your county government.

Each month we will be publishing news stories and feature articles about the people and work happening throughout the County.

We began this e-newsletter so our community can be better informed about their county government—what it does (road work, housing, health and human services, land-use regulations, accounting, election, law enforcement, etc.) as well as who is doing the work.

There are more than 1,400 county employees working to provide important services to residents of Napa County. These 1,400 staff are dedicated public servants who have their own stories to tell, and this e-newsletter will feature many of them to give our readers a better idea of who’s serving the community and to learn about the faces behind our motto: Commitment to stewardship.

We will also be providing updates from the Board of Supervisors — something I’ll be doing each month in this section of Napa County News.

In the coming months, the Board plans to:

Invest more money in affordable housing.
Explore funding for our Area Agency on Aging to fully meet our seniors’ needs.
Conduct public workshops on cannabis access and commercial cultivation in the unincorporated areas of the County.
Schedule public meetings to engage all stakeholders to discuss formation of an advisory committee on the Groundwater Sustainability Plan.

Minh Tran
Napa County CEO

Feet digging dirt with a shovel at Redwood Grove's ground breaking event

Affordable Housing

County celebrates groundbreaking of new affordable housing project

On Saturday, February 1, Napa County officials joined those from the City of Napa and Burbank Housing to celebrate the groundbreaking of Redwood Grove. Redwood Grove is a new development on Redwood Road in Napa, jointly funded by the County and City that will provide homes for 34 first-time home buyers already selected by lottery from more than 500 applicants. Read on...

Every Vote Counts

California’s Presidential Primary is next month

With the March 3 Election only weeks away, the Napa County Elections Division wants to remind voters of some key information for the upcoming Presidential Primary. Napa County is a vote-by-mail jurisdiction. Official ballots for the March Primary were mailed to registered voters on February 3, 2020. These are the official ballots voters will use to cast their selections. Read on...

Treasurer-Tax Collector

Roles and Responsibilities Explained

With the March 2020 Election fast approaching, we sat down with current Treasurer-Tax Collector James Hudak to explain what his office does for Napa County. The Treasurer-Tax Collector is an elected office with a term of four years. Hudak was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in January 2019 to fill out the term of former Treasurer-Tax Collector Tamie Frasier, who retired in November 2018. Read On...

Meet Julie Baptisa

Napa County's new Chief Probation Officer

Julie Baptista, Napa County’s new Chief Probation Officer, has spent 25 years working in the world of probation, helping both youth and adults who have broken the law turn their lives around. She has seen her share of success stories, as well as tougher outcomes for some probationers. But, through it all, Baptista has genuinely enjoyed her career that now involves running a Probation Department of 130 staff, including probation officers, group counselors, and support personnel. Read on...

A thumbnail image of the 2019 annual report

County News

Annual Report, cannabis, employee recognition & renewable energy

Napa County has released the 2019 Annual Report. Cannabis information workshops are being planned for March. A new County employee recognition program is set to launch in April, and the the County adopted a renewable energy ordinance. Read on...