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It’s Time to Look to Sacramento County for Responsibility of Region’s Growing Homeless Crisis

October 28, 2022 10:38 amOctober 30, 2022 2:57 pm

Sacramento County’s 2022 homeless count reported a 67 percent rise in the unsheltered population since 2020. The numbers, not experienced by our neighbors in Yolo (13.9 percent) or Placer counties (under 1 percent), reflect policy failures. Even Los Angeles (4.1...

Sacramento Shelters for the Homeless ‘Not Accessible Yet’ But Million$ Spent

October 17, 2022 7:33 amOctober 18, 2022 7:01 am

How is Sacramento doing with its shelters for the homeless? In April, the Globe reported, “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...

Sacramento County Election Officials are Registering Homeless Drug Addicts to Vote

October 16, 2022 2:45 amOctober 15, 2022 8:21 pm

“For the first time since the pandemic began, staff from Sacramento County’s elections agency set up tables Thursday at Loaves and Fishes, a nonprofit that provides services for homeless people,” the Associated Press reported. Think about that. Sacramento County is...

Why is Gov. Newsom Pushing Stricter Climate and Energy Goals?

August 11, 2022 3:06 pmAugust 13, 2022 7:33 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom is pushing even stricter climate and energy goals, claiming this will prevent the immutable impact of climate change. But now, the governor is ramping up this push, asking the Legislature to increasing the 2030 goal for greenhouse...

Sacramento County Board of Supes Announces ‘Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force’

August 10, 2022 11:39 amAugust 11, 2022 3:07 pm

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors just voted to appoint 13 members to the newly created Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force, following their declaration of a climate emergency. On Dec. 16, 2020 while California residents were under Covid lockdown orders, “the...

Sacramento County Supervisors Failed to Disperse COVID-19 Funds According to Grand Jury Report

April 4, 2022 4:14 pmApril 13, 2022 11:43 pm

According to a Sacramento County Grand Jury investigation report released on Monday, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors was found to have given no support or oversight, including requests for assistance, to the Board of Public Health during the COVID-19...

Concerned Citizens Shout Down COVID Penalties at Sacramento County Supervisors Meeting

December 16, 2020 2:57 amDecember 15, 2020 8:50 pm

When you consider adjectives to describe what a county board of supervisors meeting is, exciting probably isn’t the first that comes to mind. The Dec. 8, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors meeting, however, proved an exception to the rule when...