UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, D.C. 20549

~~FORM~~Form 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August ~~July 22~~4, 2010

SONOMA VALLEY BANCORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California	000-31929	68-0454068
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

California

(State or other

jurisdiction

of incorporation)

000-31929

(Commission File No.)

68-0454068

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

202 West Napa Street, Sonoma, California 95476

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:~~ (707) 935-3200

(~~Former~~Registrant’s ~~name~~telephone ~~of former address~~number, ifincluding ~~changed~~area ~~since last report~~code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ~~(see General Instruction A.2. below):~~

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~~Section~~Item 1.01 2Entry –Into ~~Financial~~Material ~~Information~~Definitive Agreement

~~Item~~Effective 2August 4, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.02 The agreement is equivalent to the Consent Order issued to Sonoma Valley Bank effective May 18, 2010 and is routinely requested by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco following the issuance of such an order relating to a holding company’s subsidiary bank. ~~Results~~The agreement, among other requirements, provides that the Company will: provide quarterly progress reports; take steps to ensure that the Bank complies with the Consent Order; seek regulatory consent to pay cash dividends or to incur, increase or guarantee any debt; secure prior approval for the appointment of ~~Operations~~any new director or senior executive officer; submit annual cash flow projections; and ~~Financial~~submit ~~Condition~~for approval a capital plan to maintain sufficient capital on a consolidated basis. A full copy of the Written Agreement is attached as an exhibit to this report and incorporated herein by reference. The above description of the Written Agreement is qualified by reference to the full text of the Written Agreement filed herewith.

OnItem ~~July~~9.01. ~~22, 2010, Sonoma Valley Bancorp Reports Second Quarter Financial Results,~~ Exhibits

onExhibit. ~~the~~The ~~press~~following ~~release~~exhibit ~~attached~~is asbeing ~~Exhibit~~filed ~~99.~~herewith:

~~Section~~ Exhibit ~~9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits~~No. Description

~~Item 9~~10.~~01.~~1 ~~Financial~~Written ~~Statements~~Agreement ~~and~~issued ~~Exhibits~~by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to Sonoma Valley Bancorp entered into on August 4, 2010.

~~Exhibit No. Exhibit Description~~SIGNATURE

99 Press release dated July 22, 2010, titled “Sonoma Valley Bancorp Reports Second Quarter Financial Results"

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 22, 2010

		SONOMA VALLEY BANCORP,
		a California Corporation


Date:	August 4, 2010	/s/Sean C. Cutting
		Sean C. Cutting
		Chief Executive Officer

Sonoma Valley Bancorp, a California corporation

/s/Sean C. Cutting

Sean C. Cutting,

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

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