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Sacramento Mayor McCarty Kicks Homeless Out of City Hall

July 3, 2025 8:04 amJuly 3, 2025 5:24 pm

Last week, Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announced a new policy to prohibit homeless people from sleeping outside City Hall overnight. His policy would overturn former Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s original ordinance allowing homeless vagrants to sleep on City Hall grounds overnight....

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Issues Feeble Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Homeless Camp Bans

July 8, 2024 1:00 pmJuly 9, 2024 8:37 am

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which found that local laws limiting encampments on public land does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, allowing for local civil and criminal...

Actual Headline: ‘What Happens When Climate Change and the Mental-Health Crisis Collide?’

April 15, 2024 2:53 amApril 15, 2024 6:30 pm

“What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?” That actual headline in Nature.com triggered my BS meter. What does climate change have to do with mental health? “The warming planet is worsening mental illness and distress. Researchers need...

Sacramento City Council Passes Transgender Sanctuary City Resolution

March 27, 2024 12:35 pmMarch 27, 2024 12:35 pm

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday night, the Sacramento City Council voted to declare the city a sanctuary city for transgender people. Authored by Sacramento City Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela, the resolution stated that “This proposal puts forward a draft resolution...

Sacramento City Manager Pushed for $20K Raise Before Delivering Bad News: $50 Million Budget Black Hole

January 25, 2024 10:40 amJanuary 26, 2024 6:36 am

The City of Sacramento is facing a budget deficit of more than $50 million this year – up from a $24 billion deficit last year – resulting in a hiring freeze, and a travel and office supply freeze, City Manager...

Why Is Sacramento Paying City Manager Howard Chan $493,655?

December 19, 2023 8:59 amDecember 20, 2023 7:07 am

Why do city managers receive such exorbitant pay? Across the state, city managers receive significantly larger salaries than the governor. While city managers of any city are responsible for managing multiple departments, employees, budgets, etc…, the governor is responsible for...

City of Sacramento’s Sneaky All-Electrification Plan of Existing Buildings and Homes

December 15, 2023 9:12 amDecember 16, 2023 9:06 am

The City of Sacramento is developing a plan to electrify every building in the city to create an all-electric city – under the guise of its “Climate Action and Adaptation Plan” that details “the City’s efforts to support the State...