Approved: Sac Children's Fund 5 year plan!
In November of 2022, Sacramento voters approved Measure L , otherwise known as the Children and Youth Health and Safety Act. Thank you...
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- Jul 15
- 10 min
City Budget Part 3: Sacramento Police Department Gets $28M Raise, City Faces $66M Deficit
TL;DR: the Sacramento Police Department seems to be able to get anyway with doing anything they want, including murdering our community...
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- Oct 2, 2023
- 9 min
Down but NOT out: a local Tenant Anti-Harassment ordinance
Across the City and County of Sacramento, renters are facing abuse, harassment, coercion, threats, intrusion and MORE at the hands of...
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- May 12, 2023
- 5 min
New Council, same climate discussions
Item 31 at the 5/2/23 Sac City Council meeting was another Quarterly Climate Update. Real talk, these climate updates have been the same...
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- May 3, 2023
- 7 min
Manipulation tactics from the SPD
SPD Chief Kathy Lester pictured below Once again, the Sacramento City Council was faced with a request for even more money and...
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- Feb 19, 2023
- 6 min
New Year, Same Police Nonsense
Big thank you to community advocate and ally Catita Anderson for turning in an amazingly helpful set of notes on this meeting - you made...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
Council presentations - climate justice and Indigenous Peoples' Day
Thank you to SJPC's author on this piece - Jacob Benitez! Up first: Recognizing Climate Resilience - Councilmembers Guerra and Valenzuela...
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 4 min
The same ol' City budget
Thank you so much to Sarah Rabanales, our Sac State intern, for this detailed write-up! Read more about Sarah by clicking here. On May...
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
Cannabis study at the City Council
5/31 City Council meeting On the docket: Item 26 - Overview of the Comprehensive Cannabis Study and Policy Recommendations Regarding...
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- Jun 1, 2022
- 3 min
Outdated opinions on cannabis
Thanks to community member Arianna Gomez, and SJPC Counsel member Asha Kreiling for your contributions to this article! On May 12th, the...
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- Feb 20, 2022
- 3 min
Affordable Housing in the City (of Sacramento)
The affordable housing saga plays on as million dollar companies compete for community dollars. This episode started innocently enough,...
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- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
Valuing Business over Human Lives
The City Council met for over seven hours on December 14th and spent the vast majority of that time focused on one issue: homelessness. ...
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- Nov 20, 2021
- 8 min
Did you know that the Sacramento City Council has a Racial Equity Ad Hoc Committee?!?
How It Came To Be Back in June, Councilmember Mai Vang requested racial equity training and capacity building for Councilmembers together...
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- Sep 19, 2021
- 2 min
Remember the Sac City’s Police Review Commission?
Apparently the city doesn’t. The Police Review Commission (SCPRC) is consistently ignored and sidelined by the city government. If you...
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- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min
Don't Measure U our ARPA Dollars
Don’t “Measure U” - Our ARPA Funds Listen Up! Millions of dollars in Covid relief funds are heading to Sacramento, and everyone wants a...
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- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Sac City Council Affirms AB 3121: Historic Passage on Reparations
Investigating the harm of systemic racial injustice toward African Americans Reparations have recently been a hot topic nationwide. ...
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- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Asset Forfeiture: is it coo for the popo's to benefit from taking ya stuff?
The City Council discussed changes to what they do with the assets they confiscate from folxs What is asset forfeiture? Asset forfeiture...
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- Jun 1, 2021
- 9 min
The Nonprofit Industrial Complex Strikes It's Ugly Head at City Council (5/25)
Nonprofits fighting for the breadcrumbs of $1 million while police asking for $165 million. The Shame! (Issa lot so we include an...
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- Apr 18, 2021
- 3 min
Houses, Gentrification, and Building….Oh My!
Here's your recap of the April 6th Sacramento City Council Meeting. Thanks to Graham Gardner and Meg White for the assist on this one....
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- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
The City signed a Community Benefits Agreement, but will they enforce it?
The Aggie Square saga and what's in it for the community? #InvestmentWithoutDisplacement Heavily influenced by Sacramento Investment...
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