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Gov. Newsom Delays State Of the State Speech as his Prop. 1 on Mental Health Still Undecided

March 18, 2024 1:08 pmMarch 18, 2024 1:08 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom delayed his annual State of the State speech from Monday to a later date currently undetermined. Unlike previous years where Newsom’s State of the State speech took him across the state, from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles...

Mayor Bass Signs Climate Agreement with Finland While Mayor Steinberg Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire

March 15, 2024 10:14 amMarch 15, 2024 10:26 am

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass just signed an agreement with Finland creating a partnership to confront climate change – together. Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced Thursday that he will bring a resolution to the city council calling for a cease-fire...

Sacramento: Hapless on Homeless

March 2, 2024 7:34 amMarch 2, 2024 7:37 am

The present day Sacramento homeless situation came to national attention in early 2009 when television journalist, and Sacramento native, Lisa Ling broadcast footage of what now would be considered a relatively small encampment along the American River on the then...

The Plastic Bag Ban Fraud is Back

February 9, 2024 8:25 amFebruary 9, 2024 8:25 am

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. We hear this daily and see those orders nearly everywhere. Paper or plastic? Separate out your wet garbage and put it in another recyclable food bin. Separate bottles and cans. Compost. Yet none of this has reduced...

Inclusionary Zoning Would Undermine Sacramento’s Recent Housing Reforms

January 24, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 24, 2024 2:46 am

Sacramento recently took a major step toward fixing its housing crisis by adopting the “Missing Middle Housing Plan,” which will allow apartments to be built in single-family neighborhoods. In urban-planning lingo, this is “upzoning,” which raises the density limits in...

About Last Week…

January 15, 2024 6:55 amJanuary 15, 2024 1:32 pm

With the throwing out of the paying guests done and the spending of $64 million on renovation, etc., completed, Sacramento’s Capitol Park Hotel is now ready to house the homeless. The “supportive housing units” will house 130 folks eventually – 80...

Sacramento DA Files Brief as SCOTUS Justices Take up Homeless Camping Ban Case

January 14, 2024 12:44 pmJanuary 14, 2024 12:44 pm

The United States Supreme Court announced on Friday they’ve accepted a case to decide whether Grants Pass, a city in Oregon, can enforce its ban on homeless public camping. Sacramento’s District Attorney Thien Ho has been a pioneer on homeless...