Deva Proto – Your Property Assessor Not Your Tax Collector

Introduced by: JB Leep

Deva Proto, of Santa Rosa, is the Sonoma County Clerk-Recorder for Sonoma County’s Clerk-Recorder-Assessor Department, and the Elections official.

As the Clerk-Recorder, Deva manages 17 full-time staff and oversees operations within the County Clerk-Recorder division, which manages an annual volume of over 100,000 recordings, 5,000 marriage licenses, 4,000 fictitious business names and 1,000 marriage ceremonies. As part of the management team, she also collaborates with other divisions of the department on strategic planning and cross-training opportunities, while always striving towards optimal information sharing and departmental efficiency improvements.