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Local Mayors value their worth on how much public funding they can spend and spread around to campaign donors. In a new White House strategy on homelessness aimed at California, Trump administration officials say that housing needs to be deregulated...

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A Drug Epidemic Disguised as a Housing Crisis

September 3, 2019 7:09 amSeptember 4, 2019 8:26 am

Stephanie Duncan, former president of the Land Park Neighborhood Association and community advocate, has noticed a severe increase in transients camps over the last four years along Broadway, the W/X corridor and her neighborhood in the city of Sacramento. She...

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Instant Rent Control in Sacramento?

August 13, 2019 10:50 amAugust 13, 2019 11:24 am

If rent control of any type is enacted, all rental property owners can properly and immediately demand reduced property value assessments by the County Assessor. A surprise rent control measure has suddenly appeared on Tuesday’s Sacramento City Council agenda....

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Gov. Newsom Names ‘Leaders & Statewide Experts’ to Advise on Homeless Crisis

July 17, 2019 2:13 amJuly 17, 2019 7:27 pm

Rather than consult with successful non-profit organizations and church groups in the business of helping to change the lives of people on the street, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday regional leaders and “statewide experts” who will advise his administration on...

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‘Homeless’ Crisis: Rising Crime and Violence in Sacramento Ignored by Mayor, City Council

July 15, 2019 2:08 amJuly 16, 2019 6:39 am

The downtown Sacramento neighborhood of Land Park is under siege by drug addled homeless who live on the streets and in the park. They break into homes, cars, garages, sheds, defecate, urinate and vomit on the streets, shoot up in...

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Sacramento Mayor Steinberg Deploys Budget Bludgeon

June 1, 2019 10:45 amJune 1, 2019 10:51 am

“Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg is being accused of playing Chicago-style politics,” writes Theresa Clift in the Sacramento Bee, “seeking retribution against two critics on the City Council by ignoring their districts in a $16 million spending proposal.” According to the...

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Homeless Spending in CA: Where is the Money Going?

May 16, 2019 9:18 amMay 16, 2019 7:46 pm

California has roughly 134,000 homeless people, amounting to one-quarter of the nation’s total homeless population. In Will $1 Billion Spending on California’s Homeless Fix the Problem?, California Globe covered a myriad of issues surrounding California’s homeless explosion including how tiny...

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Government is Failing at Solving California’s Self-Imposed Homeless Crisis

A Drug Epidemic Disguised as a Housing Crisis

Instant Rent Control in Sacramento?

‘Homeless’ Crisis: Rising Crime and Violence in Sacramento Ignored by Mayor, City Council

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg Deploys Budget Bludgeon

Homeless Spending in CA: Where is the Money Going?