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These levee hovels will remain along the levee.

Natomas Levee Project Levels Homes of Longtime Residents

December 10, 2019 2:28 pmDecember 10, 2019 2:32 pm

The 3.8 miles of Sacramento County levee improvements between San Juan Road and Gateway Oaks Drive will impact 33 privately owned properties, as California Globe reported in November. According to Jay Davis, ombudsman for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency...

Sacramento City School District At Tipping Point: Insolvency Next Year

December 10, 2019 12:10 pmDecember 11, 2019 10:11 am

California’s State Auditor recently reported that the Sacramento City Unified School District is facing insolvency as early as next year. “Because It Has Failed to Proactively Address Its Financial Challenges, It May Soon Face Insolvency,” the auditor wrote. The primary...

Elk Grove High School Student Says Masked Assailant Attacked Her for Being Muslim

December 9, 2019 9:44 amDecember 9, 2019 10:56 am

Last week in Elk Grove, California, Pleasant Grove High School student Sabah Elias, 17, told her parents a “person” wearing a mask attacked her for being a Muslim, then threw a bucket of water at her. School officials reported the...

Local Sacramento Politicians Propose 40-Year Climate Change Sales Tax

December 2, 2019 1:51 pm

‘Only talking about roads is a bygone era and we have to evolve beyond that.’ A group of city and county politicians is working on a November 2020 ballot measure to increase the local sales tax another half cent,...

Sacramento Children’s Fund Boondoggle Initiative

November 25, 2019 7:41 amNovember 25, 2019 8:33 am

Under the Children’s Fund ballot language, a private organization can expend city tax dollars in a cruise ship casino, and the public will never know. Special to California Globe by Richard Stevenson The Sacramento Children’s Fund ballot measure proposal...

California Leads The Way In Building New Stadiums And Arenas By Not Using Taxpayer Money

November 22, 2019 11:57 am

Late last month Sacramento was granted a new professional soccer team by the MLS. Carrying on the name of the current lower division club, the Sacramento Republic, the team is set to play in the MLS in 2022. And they’ll...

Sacramento Housing Demolition Crisis

November 19, 2019 8:02 amNovember 19, 2019 8:07 am

As Gov. Gavin Newsom and state leaders grapple with California’s housing crisis, some longtime Sacramento homeowners are bewildered by a government project that would decrease the supply of housing by demolishing their own homes, all of which have been in...