Sonya Meline
CA
Navy veteran and small business owner in Sierra County. Her priorities are stabilizing emergency services and wildfire prevention, along with housing, health care access and rural living costs.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Wrote updates for the committee of Prospecting for Protection, a community drive to buy a new Sierra City fire engine. By early August 2026 the drive had raised close to $85,000 and set a $100,000 goal.
August 4, 2026
Source: themountainmessenger.org
Led the Downieville Veterans Day ceremony and sang the national anthem as a local organizer.
November 12, 2025
Source: discoverdownieville.com
As vice president of the Downieville Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary, asked Sierra County supervisors for a $400-a-month stipend and a $2,000 backstop to run the Downieville Community Hall. Supervisors raised precedent concerns and weighed a one-time $4,800 payment instead.
June 3, 2025
Source: sierracounty.ca.gov
Bought the closed Riverside Inn in Downieville with her husband and reopened it as Riverside Mountain Lodge, a 12-suite lodge. They already owned the town's Carriage House Inn.
March 17, 2021
Source: downievillecarriagehouse.com
Past race Sonya Meline ran in:
- Sierra County Board of Supervisors, District 2 · November 3, 2026 · Sierra County, California