Sacramento County Supervisors

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...

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...

New Lawsuit Against City of Sacramento Over Ongoing Homeless Policy Violations

August 18, 2023 4:26 amAugust 18, 2023 5:55 pm

Last July 2022 the Globe reported that a 24-hour homeless respite center on the outermost fringe of the City of Sacramento was going to be turned into a 50-bed homeless shelter – right next door to the Sacramento Children’s Receiving...

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 Mayor Does Bait-and-Switch on Remote City Homeless Shelter

July 20, 2022 8:21 am

A 24-hour homeless respite center on the outermost fringe of the City of Sacramento will be turned into a 50-bed homeless shelter – right next door to the Sacramento Children’s Receiving Home, Renfree Baseball Park, and Del Paso Regional Park....