Mayor Darrell Steinberg Archives

LA Bans Homeless Camps Near Schools While Sacramento Prohibited from Removing Homeless on Public Property

August 3, 2022 9:36 amAugust 3, 2022 9:40 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance prohibiting homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and day care centers. Also on Tuesday, a federal judge issued an order forbidding Sacramento police and city officials from clearing homeless...

Sacramento Citizens’ Group Calls for Investigation into Council Member Katie Valenzuela’s ‘Slush Fund’

August 2, 2022 7:46 am

“For a Better Sacramento,” a citywide citizens’ group, called on Sacramento city officials Monday to investigate Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela’s possible misuse of taxpayer dollars in her city office account. According to information obtained in a California Public Records Act request...

City Residents Refuse to Press Charges Against Homeless Criminals

July 25, 2022 8:20 am

“Why aren’t women in upper income neighborhoods pressing charges against transients who attack them in the park or break windows to their home?” a friend asked after learning of a violent break-in attempt in our residential neighborhood. “What is this...

Sacramento Homeless Grows As City/County Spend Million$ More on Accommodating Them

July 12, 2022 2:30 amJuly 13, 2022 3:56 pm

The number of homeless living on Sacramento streets has increased over the past three years, according to the new Point-in-Time count released by Sacramento Steps Forward, the City of Sacramento reports. However, based on interviews with homeless, they were living on...

CA Senate Republicans Call For Mental Health Investment of $10B in State’s Homeless

April 19, 2022 7:05 am

California Senate Republicans announced Monday they are calling for investing $10 billion in California’s mental health crisis in the state’s burgeoning homeless population. The Republicans sent a letter to Senate Budget Chairwoman Nancy Skinner and Assembly Budget Chairman Phil Ting,...

Sacramento Currently Spending $44 Million on Growing Homeless

April 18, 2022 8:15 amApril 18, 2022 12:54 pm

The City of Sacramento is spending more than $44 million to provide eight homeless shelters and camping options, most not yet built or ready, and three Project Homekey motel conversions. According to city officials, “most of that comes from state...

Sacramento Claims There Won’t be Money to Continue Funding Existing Homeless Shelters

March 4, 2022 2:34 amApril 18, 2022 7:54 am

Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan “raised an alarm this week about funding for the city’s existing homeless shelters even as the City Council pushes to open more large sites to address the community’s growing homelessness crisis,” the Sacramento Bee reported...