Lynda Hopkins
Appointed February 2025 by Governor Gavin Newsom
Term ends December 31, 2026
Supervisor Lynda Hopkins is in her third term representing the geographically vast and economically diverse Fifth District of Sonoma County, which includes the entire Sonoma County coastline, the lower Russian River, many small rural villages, the City of Sebastopol, and the Northwestern portion of the City of Santa Rosa. Lynda is the Chair of the Regional Climate Protection Authority, Sonoma County Transportation Authority, Sonoma Clean Power, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, as well as a Director of the Russian River Watershed Association, Santa Rosa Groundwater Sustainability Agency and Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District. Lynda’s interest in public policy began while attending Stanford University, where she studied interdisciplinary environmental sciences. Along with her husband, she founded and ran a row crop farm for more than ten years. She also served as executive director of Sonoma County Farm Trails. She is a passionate advocate for data-driven climate policy, regenerative agriculture, clean air, wildfire resilience, coastal climate adaptation, affordable housing, social justice, parks, sea otters, and early childhood education. When she’s not working, Lynda can be found exploring the wonders of West County with her husband and three children, or tending to her herd of dairy goats.