BHCIP Facility at Los Guillicos
Summary
SCH Number
2026010985
Public Agency
Sonoma County
Document Title
BHCIP Facility at Los Guillicos
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/29/2026
Document Description
The Sonoma County Public Infrastructure (SPI) proposes to construct a behavioral health and substance abuse facility largely within the footprint of an existing former gymnasium building at the Los Guillicos Juvenile Justice Center campus on a 1.55-acre portion of APN 051-020-060. The facility will be built using funding from the
Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) overseen by the California Department of Health Care Services (CDHCS).
The proposed facility measuring 9,000 square feet would be constructed on the Los Guilicos property where an abandoned 7,600 square foot gymnasium currently resides. Construction is divided into three phases: The demolition of the existing gymnasium in summer/fall of 2025; BHCIP design finalization in the fall/winter of 2025; and construction of the BHCIP facility in summer 2026.
The proposed BHCIP facility is divided into two residential wings, separate from one another to provide services to two separate residential populations. One wing will include eight beds for residential substance use disorder
treatment for children and youth ages 12 to 18. This unit will include a separate dining room and multi-purpose space, two staff offices and one group meeting room. Separate all-gender ADA restrooms and showers will be included in this wing. The second wing will house six beds for crisis residential behavioral health treatment for
children and youth ages 12 to 18. This wing will also include a separate dining room and multi-purpose space, two staff offices and one group meeting room. Both wings will include separate all-gender ADA restrooms and showers will also be in this wing. The main area of the facility will include an industrial kitchen that will service the
dining rooms in both wings. There will also be a separate all-gender ADA restroom for use by kitchen and other staff.
In addition to the two residential treatment wings, the facility will include a separate section for the delivery of outpatient substance use disorder services for youth and young adults ages 12-25. This portion of the facility will include the following: six individual offices for one-on-one interviewing and counseling, two larger rooms for
group treatment, and one room for family counseling. This section will also include one all-gender ADA restroom for staff and another for use by clients. A parking area with separate entrances will be located on the east side of the BHCIP facility for public use. This parking area would be located east of the center and connected to the
entrance from Casa Manana Road. Additional outside features include a solar array, two physical activities areas, plantings, and a driveway entrance off Casa Manana Rd.
Contact Information
Name
David Walsh
Agency Name
Permit Sonoma
Job Title
Senior Environmental Specialist
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Forrest Corson
Agency Name
Sonoma County Public Infrastructure (SPI)
Job Title
Project Applicant
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Rosa
Counties
Sonoma
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Casa Manana And Pythion Rd.
Zip
95409
Total Acres
1.55
State Highways
Hwy 12
Section
11
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Sections 15061 (b)(3). Common Sense Exemption
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project will be constructed on site of the existing gym and pool. The site is zoned “Public/Institutional,” and the facility will be another component of the government institution uses that exist throughout the Los Guilicos campus. The structural footprint of the new treatment facility (approximately 9,000 square feet) will be similar in size to the existing gym (7,600 square feet), and new parking areas and outside features will be constructed within the disturbed areas on the site, including over the filled-in former swimming pool. Given the small-scale of the treatment facility in terms of staffing and the number of daily clients, traffic would be minimal and insignificant compared to the other, more intensive existing uses at the Los Guilicos
campus. Accordingly, the project is exempt since it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it may have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Sonoma
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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