Jail expansion - it ain't over 'till it's over
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What happened? This year we saw the County bring back its plan to expand the jail, despite the community having previously blocked an...


- Dec 16, 2022
- 4 min
The Measure O saga continues...
Thank you to Sarah Rabanales, SJPC Community Outreach Coordinator, for creating this write-up! (lawn sign from the 2022 No on O campaign...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 4 min
Community Review Commission - update on Sheriff oversight
On 9/20/22 a meeting of the Sacramento County's Community Review Commission (site linked here) took place - a reminder of what the...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 5 min
Undermining the Mental Health Board
Over the summer of 2022 we were made aware of the horrifying treatment of one of Sacramento County's Mental Health Board members. To...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 4 min
Kaiser cruelty
On September 13th, various advocates for Kaiser health care members, who are members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW),...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 6 min
No new jail (2.0)
Thank you so much to Decarcerate Sacramento for creating the toolkit for public participation (linked here) in this meeting that provided...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 5 min
Sac County's (unethical and illegal) military equipment use policy
The background for this piece is pulled from an amazing toolkit put together by Decarcerate Sacramento and the Anti Police Terror Project...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 5 min
Revised County budget - ignoring advocates
On September 7, 2022 the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors held a meeting. In this piece we'll be discussing item 4, the Public...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
Status update - mental health response without law enforcement
Shout out to Jacob Benitez, former SJPC intern and McGeorge law student, for his work on this piece! On Tuesday August 9th, the Board of...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
Sac County finally has an Inspector General!
Shout out to Sarah Rabanales, former SJPC intern, for her hard work on this piece! The Sacramento Board of Supervisors with the help of...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
Monkey pox in Sac County
Shout out to SJPC note-taker Robert Gonzalez for his work on this piece! On August 9th, 2022, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 8 min
Community Review Commission - what's that again?
Shout out to our regular newsletter contributors, and former SJPC interns, Sarah Rabanales and Jacob Benitez for all their work on this...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 3 min
Camping ordinances that criminalize
Shout out to Sarah Rabanales, former SJPC intern, for her work on this piece! The Sac County Board of Supervisors came together on...
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- Aug 8, 2022
- 4 min
Cannabis measure moves to ballot
Report back on the medical and health benefits of cannabis (meeting doc linked here) - item 62 from the BOS meeting on 7/12 A Therapeutic...
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- Aug 8, 2022
- 3 min
Let's talk about eminent domain
Shoutout to our McGeorge Law School intern, Jacob Benitez, for his work on this write-up! The Item (2) in question: Resolutions Of...
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- Aug 8, 2022
- 1 min
Safe Stay - some more temporary housing beds
Shoutout to our note-taker Robert Gonzalez for his work on this write-up! A quick update on Safe Stay. What's Safe Stay? Well, it's a...
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 4 min
County debates how to break the law
The mafia doesn’t make their internal dealings public, and much of their public image comes from fictional depictions, but it is easy to...
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 4 min
Continuing to ignore the Grand Jury
Big thanks to our intern from the McGeorge School of Law, Jacob Benitez, for this write-up! Read a little more about Jacob at this page....
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
The struggle for affordable housing
Big thanks to our intern from the McGeorge School of Law, Jacob Benitez, for this write-up! Read a little more about Jacob at this page....
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
Even MORE money for law enforcement
Big thanks to Robert Gonzalez for this detailed write-up! If you want to know more about Robert check out his info here. This post is...
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