Sacramento Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela

Sacramento County Coroner Releases Devastating Listing of Homeless Deaths

December 9, 2024 1:35 pmDecember 10, 2024 4:52 pm

The Sacramento County Coroner announced last week that they are now publishing data on the deaths of the homeless in the county. This should be done in every county in California. In 5 years spanning 1/1/2019 to 12/31/2024, 1,243 homeless...

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...

Sacramento DA Threatens Criminal Charges Against City Over Contaminated Homeless ‘Camp Resolution’ Site

November 16, 2023 7:58 amNovember 16, 2023 6:52 pm

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho is threatening criminal charges against the City of Sacramento and Sacramento Attorney Mark Merin over the city sanctioned homeless camp “Camp Resolution”as a “safe parking shelter” in north Sacramento, alleging the city-leased site is...

City of Sacramento asks Judge to Dismiss DA’s ‘Deeply Flawed’ Lawsuit

October 19, 2023 12:05 pmOctober 19, 2023 12:10 pm

In September, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho filed a lawsuit against the City of Sacramento for failing to abate the homeless crisis in the Capitol city by refusing to enforce existing laws. DA Ho said Sacramento’s homeless crisis has...

Sacramento Homeless Crisis has Caused ‘Erosion of Every Day Life;’ City is ‘Collapsing into Chaos’

October 3, 2023 8:35 amOctober 4, 2023 6:58 am

Sacramento’s homeless drug-addicted, mentally-ill, criminal vagrant population have clearly shown they can’t govern or take care of themselves. They have been allowed to camp, squat and roam unrestrained in the Sacramento region. They are disrupting daily business life in Sacramento’s...

The Globe Talks With Sacramento DA & Attorney Following Public Safety Lawsuits Against City

September 20, 2023 3:55 pmSeptember 20, 2023 3:56 pm

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho announced Tuesday at a press conference that he filed a lawsuit against the City of Sacramento for failing to abate the homeless crisis in the Capitol city, and for failing to consistently following the...

DA Thien Ho Files Lawsuit Against City of Sacramento For ‘Exploding Homeless Camps’

September 19, 2023 1:29 pmSeptember 19, 2023 4:19 pm

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho announced Tuesday that he filed a lawsuit against the City of Sacramento for failing to abate the homeless crisis in the Capitol city. DA Ho said Sacramento’s homeless crisis has exploded by more than...