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Author: Rick Stevenson

Rick Stevenson is a Sacramento resident.

OPINION: California Slavery Reparations Fallacies

August 14, 2024   7:30 amAugust 14, 2024   7:31 am
In June, CalMatters published an item by Democrat Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, member of the California (slavery) Reparations Task Force that, for over three million California taxpayer dollars, rendered a Report of over a thousand pages, much of which had absolutely...
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Sacramento: Hapless on Homeless

March 2, 2024   7:34 amMarch 2, 2024   7:37 am
The present day Sacramento homeless situation came to national attention in early 2009 when television journalist, and Sacramento native, Lisa Ling broadcast footage of what now would be considered a relatively small encampment along the American River on the then...
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California Slavery Reparations Technology Boondoggle

September 19, 2023   8:00 amSeptember 19, 2023   8:08 am
First it must be understood, slavery was never legal in what is now the state of California, under Spanish, Mexican, U.S. military occupation, or as a state. Prior to European contact, there were Native American slaves held by at least...
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California Reparations for Slavery Defies Fact, Logic, Fairness, and Law

June 5, 2023   2:45 amJune 6, 2023   7:57 am
If one seeks a state that should pay reparations for slavery, California is not that state. In fact, California gold paid the most of any state to finance the Civil War to a successful conclusion that ended slavery in the...
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A Rapid Homeless Sheltering Alternative

December 24, 2020   7:05 amDecember 23, 2020   3:01 pm
The Sacramento central city and other neighborhoods are being overrun by homeless vagrants in both business and residential areas. Many of those homeless have acute drug and mental problems. Further, a great deal of money has been expended without a...
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Sacramento City Council Pushes Out Messy Roberts Center Audit

October 29, 2020   7:30 amOctober 28, 2020   10:19 pm
An October 27th Sacramento City Council meeting included the City Auditor Jorge Oseguera’s report on the Roberts Family Development Center (RFDC) compliance with city contracts. Council discussion on the matter took up most of two hours. Council members, staff, and...
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Fake Racism Industry Revealed in Sacramento’s Measure G

August 12, 2020   1:05 pmAugust 13, 2020   3:03 pm
On March 3rd, Sacramento city voters soundly rejected Measure G, the Sacramento Children’s Fund, a “feel good,” but fatally flawed measure ostensibly to fund youth services, but virtually mandated financial fraud and cover-up. The Sac Kids First coalition headed the...
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