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Sacramento’s ‘Unhoused’ Population Get Warming Centers AFTER Huge Storm

January 28, 2021 7:33 amJanuary 28, 2021 2:29 pm

The Sacramento City Council Wednesday voted unanimously in an emergency meeting to immediately open a warming center, a local pool house as needed, and two downtown city garages with bathrooms as safe places for homeless people, the Mayor’s office reported. ...

Sacramento Mayor and Council Votes to Eliminate Single Family Zoning in Residential Neighborhoods

January 21, 2021 8:42 amJanuary 25, 2021 9:30 am

The Sacramento City Council voted this week to eliminate standard single-family zoning in Sacramento’s residential neighborhoods, adopting a radical zoning measure that the California Legislature couldn’t even pass – twice. “City officials said the proposal would help the city alleviate...

Gov. Newsom, Elected and Public Officials Know What They are Doing

January 10, 2021 12:40 pmJanuary 11, 2021 6:29 pm

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For every decision there is a consequence. Ten months in to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s lockdown of the State of California, the reactions and consequences are beginning to show. The politicians...

A Rapid Homeless Sheltering Alternative

December 24, 2020 7:05 amDecember 23, 2020 3:01 pm

The Sacramento central city and other neighborhoods are being overrun by homeless vagrants in both business and residential areas. Many of those homeless have acute drug and mental problems. Further, a great deal of money has been expended without a...

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...

The Money Behind Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s ‘Strong Mayor’ Measure A

October 7, 2020 2:50 amOctober 8, 2020 8:56 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and his allies in the Yes on Measure A campaign claim that if the “strong mayor” charter amendment passes on November 3 it will promote “transparency and accountability,” as well as “an equitable Sacramento, increasing citizen...

Homeless ‘Tiny’ Apartments Balloon to $425,000 Per Unit in Sacramento

September 16, 2020 8:32 amSeptember 17, 2020 6:49 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has been pushing for permanent housing for the city’s homeless. While that may sound reasonable and even decent, the latest project to provide tiny apartments in a renovated old downtown hotel will cost more than $445,000...