The Sonora City Council approved a resolution supporting federal Opportunity Zone status for Downtown Sonora, aiming to spur reinvestment in older building stock, adaptive reuse, housing near jobs, walkable mixed-use development, and historic-downtown revitalization. The resolution urges pairing the downtown tract with other eligible Tuolumne County rural tracts — including nearby Columbia — for a broader regional zone supporting housing, workforce development, tourism, and rural infrastructure. California, which currently has 879 Opportunity Zones (two in Tuolumne County), moved its local submission deadline up five days to July 20, 2026.
Original reporting by Sarah Whitfield for Opportunity Zone Invest, an independent OZ 2.0 research site. Facts are drawn from the primary sources cited above per our editorial standards. Nothing here is tax, legal, or investment advice.
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