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    Sac City's slow climate-justice progress
    • May 3
    • 2 min

    Sac City's slow climate-justice progress

    For 350 Sacramento's update on climate actions at the County level, follow this link. *all content regarding the Council meeting and next...
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    The City of Sacramento Earns a Climate Participation Trophy
    • Feb 22
    • 4 min

    The City of Sacramento Earns a Climate Participation Trophy

    On February 8th, Sacramento City Council held a Transportation and Climate Workshop to discuss a variety of issues in preparation for...
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    Affordable Housing in the City (of Sacramento)
    • Feb 21
    • 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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    How the police got $8 milli more from our general fund
    • Jan 17
    • 3 min

    How the police got $8 milli more from our general fund

    On 1/4/22, in possibly the worst business deal of 2022, the Sacramento City Council was ecstatic to sign up to get $2 million dollars...
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    Valuing Business over Human Lives
    • 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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    The Results of Redistricting
    • Dec 20, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Results of Redistricting

    Thank you for all the wonderful contributions of the following people for helping to put this piece together: Andrés Ramos - Community...
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    Item 24: Requirement to take Housing (right to housing)
    • Nov 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Item 24: Requirement to take Housing (right to housing)

    Welp, it’s opposite day down at city council again. This time they’ve confused a right and an obligation. The Background Mayor Darrell...
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    The Absolute Gall of Council Member Harris
    • Sep 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    The Absolute Gall of Council Member Harris

    Jeff Harris recently published a disgusting op-ed in the Sacramento Bee in which he pretends to care about the homeless as a flimsy...
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    Don't Measure U our ARPA Dollars
    • 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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    Tenant Protections?
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Tenant Protections?

    The Sac City Law and Legislation Committee met on July 20th to discuss tenant “protections” (also known as the Tenant Protection Program)...
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    Disregard for employee safety concerns at the BOS
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Disregard for employee safety concerns at the BOS

    Update: more information about Ryan Harris' struggle was documented in this Newsbreak article from December 2021 At the July 13th...
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    Asset Forfeiture: is it coo for the popo's to benefit from taking ya stuff?
    • 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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    Hope for the Housing Element?
    • Jul 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Hope for the Housing Element?

    On June 15th the Sacramento Council & Housing Authority met to discuss the development of a senior housing project, which was approved...
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    Final Take: The 2021-2022 City Council Budget
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Final Take: The 2021-2022 City Council Budget

    So many hours of discussion on what was the final City Council budget decided on 6/15 While Ashby boasts about her desire to give Chief...
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    Is the Sac City Council Finally Going to Listen to the Police Commission? Sorta. Kinda. (5/4 Mtg)
    • May 14, 2021
    • 6 min

    Is the Sac City Council Finally Going to Listen to the Police Commission? Sorta. Kinda. (5/4 Mtg)

    But Mayor Steinberg is trying to make a deal to make the most people happy What happened was….. Let’s just say…kudos to City Council...
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    One Step Closer to Participatory Budgeting
    • Sep 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    One Step Closer to Participatory Budgeting

    On last week’s episode of the Sacramento City Council Chronicles, members of the Measure U committee presented a recommendation to the...
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    City Council votes to put Strong Mayor on the November ballot
    • Aug 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    City Council votes to put Strong Mayor on the November ballot

    For those that missed the latest episode of the Sacramento City Council Chronicles and haven’t watched the news, read the newspaper,...
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    A Recap of the July 1st City Council Meeting...
    • Jul 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Recap of the July 1st City Council Meeting...

    (Thank you to Corp member Robyn Ayers for sending SJPC her report--the less snarky parts of this recap) On July 1, Sacramento City...
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