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Two Sacramento Safe Ground Sites Have 23% ‘Success Rate’ in Getting Homeless off the Street

October 7, 2021 3:42 pm

The two “Safe Ground” sites near the downtown Sacramento neighborhood of Land Park have had a 23% success rate in getting people off the street over the past 6 months, according to the City of Sacramento. The city is calling...

Sacramento’s Homeless Street Vagrants Live Under Separate Set of Laws

August 20, 2021 1:14 pmAugust 20, 2021 1:14 pm

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg recently announced that he wants to open homeless shelters, tiny homes and tent encampments in 20 residential neighborhoods and locations around the city. Because eradicating the drug-addicted homeless from areas where families live, children play, youth...

As Downtown Santa Barbara Degrades and Homeless Invade, Biz Owners Get No Help From Elected Officials

August 15, 2021 2:18 amAugust 16, 2021 11:37 am

Throughout Governor Gavin Newsom’s 19-month COVID lockdowns of “non-essential” businesses, a 40-year business owner in Santa Barbara has kept in touch with the California Globe. He has shared the untold hardships he and his employees suffered, as well as the...

Sacramento Mayor Proposes Spreading the Homeless Throughout the City

August 5, 2021 8:37 amAugust 7, 2021 7:41 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, the Sacramento City Council and City Manager gave themselves big raises in May, as crime spiked in the city, as the drug-addicted homeless multiplied, while the city was still in the red tier of the Governor’s...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg’s Plan to Stop NIMBYs From Blocking Homeless Shelters

December 8, 2020 8:59 amDecember 8, 2020 3:34 pm

Rather than finding ways to get Sacramento’s large homeless population the emergency medical and mental health services they need, Mayor Darrell Steinberg is threatening city residents with tent cities in their neighborhoods. Calling Sacramento residents “NIMBYs,” Steinberg wants the city...