Record Flag

Early access - county and city government, California first

County planning and board alerts, every item cited.

Every planning commission and board of supervisors item in the counties you work in — permits, hearings, approvals and county contracts — each with the exact quote and a link to the record.

For land-use attorneys, planning and permit consultants, developers, wineries and hospitality businesses, and local contractors who sell to the county.

Start free See recent items
  • Sources: official agendas and minutes
  • Checked every day
  • Exact quote and a link to the record

Who signs up, and what they would have seen

Three typical customers. The people are examples; the items below load live from our public county and city feed, newest meeting first.

A land-use attorney in Santa Rosa with clients in Sonoma and Napa counties.

Their watch
  • Sonoma and Napa counties
  • Planning commissions and boards of supervisors
  • Permits, hearings and land-use votes

What their alerts would include

Decision · approved

VESCO Amendments for Replanting Cultivated Lands and Permit Extensions - Second Reading

Sonoma County, CA · Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026

Decision

General Plan Sonoma: Policy Development Kickoff Board Workshop

Sonoma County, CA · Board of Supervisors · Sep 15, 2026

A watch is a few keywords; every item that matches arrives with the quote it came from and a link to the agenda or minutes.

What you get

What a local practice needs from public meetings, without reading every agenda packet.

Permits, hearings and approvals

Use permits, variances, subdivisions, rezonings and appeals as they reach the planning commission or the board, with the hearing date when one is set, and the vote when the minutes post.

County contracts

Agreements the board approves: who the county hired, for what, and how much when the record states it. Find the agencies buying what you sell and who wins the work. Grants the board gives or accepts are listed separately.

Every item cited

Each item quotes the agenda or minutes word for word and links to the official record, and to the moment in the county's own meeting video when its agenda system publishes it.

Who it is for

Land-use attorneys

Hearings and votes on your clients' projects, and anything that touches the parcels next door.

Planning and permit consultants

Every use permit, variance and appeal in the jurisdictions you file in.

Developers and builders

Rezonings, general plan and housing element changes, subdivisions and infrastructure money.

Wineries and hospitality

Winery, vineyard, event and short-term rental rules, and use permits near you.

Local contractors

Contracts and agreements the county approves in your trade, and who is winning them.

How it works

  1. Tell us what to watchA few keywords: a project name, an address, a permit type, a topic like rezoning or tasting room.
  2. We read the public record dailyNew agendas (posted at least 72 hours before regular meetings) and minutes from the bodies listed below.
  3. You get the matchesBy email, daily or weekly. Each item has the body, the meeting date, the exact quote and the link.

Coverage

The public bodies we read today. More counties and cities are being added; tell us which ones you need when you sign up.

  • Sonoma County, CA: Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission
  • Napa County, CA: Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission
  • Contra Costa County, CA: Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission
  • San Mateo County, CA: Board of Supervisors
  • Solano County, CA: Board of Supervisors
  • Mendocino County, CA: Board of Supervisors
  • Humboldt County, CA: Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission
  • El Dorado County, CA: Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission
  • Monterey County, CA: Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission
  • Santa Barbara County, CA: Board of Supervisors
  • City of Santa Rosa, CA: City Council, Planning Commission
  • City of Napa, CA: City Council

Browse every recent item in the public feed →

Pricing

The same plans as our federal contract alerts: one account covers both.

Free

$0

1 watch, daily email digest.

Individual

$29/month

Up to 10 watches, instant to weekly email.

Team

$79/month

Up to 5 people get alerts, unlimited watches.

Founding-member prices, yearly billing and the details of each plan: see full pricing.

Start free

Enter your email and a few keywords. We will send a link to confirm your address; your free watch starts once you click it. No card needed.

Questions

Where does the data come from?

From the agendas, minutes and agenda-item records each county or city publishes on its own website, such as its Legistar meeting portal or planning department pages. We read only public pages that allow automated access, keep the original documents, and link every item to the official record.

Do you link to the meeting video?

When the county's agenda system publishes the time an item was heard, the item links to that moment in the county's own video player. We do not download, copy or host recordings.

How current is it?

California's Brown Act requires agendas for regular meetings to be posted at least 72 hours ahead, and we check every day, so agenda items usually reach you before the meeting. Votes appear when the clerk posts the minutes, often a few weeks later.

Are you part of the county?

No. Record Flag is an independent service. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any county, city or other government body.

Can I rely on it instead of the official record?

Use it to hear about items early, not as your only check. Agendas change, items are continued, and automated extraction can miss things. Before you act, read the agenda, the staff report and the minutes on the county's site.

What is left out?

Housekeeping such as approving the agenda or minutes, ceremonial resolutions, appointments and next-meeting dates, and anything our quality checks cannot tie to a quote in the record.