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    Sac BOS and a lack of accountability
    • May 3
    • 1 min

    Sac BOS and a lack of accountability

    On 4/27/22 the Sacramento BOS responded (item 2) to a report from the Sacramento County Grand Jury that laid out all the ways the County...
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    What’s the Haps on that A-B-C-X-Y-Z aka Alternatives to 911 Program?
    • May 3
    • 2 min

    What’s the Haps on that A-B-C-X-Y-Z aka Alternatives to 911 Program?

    Need a reminder of what has been the ongoing process of developing an alt to 911 program? Check out our two part series on the saga: IT'S...
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    The housing crisis - silence is not an option
    • May 3
    • 6 min

    The housing crisis - silence is not an option

    Thank you so much to the author of this piece, Crystal Sanchez, of the Sacramento Homeless Union (website linked here). Photos in this...
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    Contract negotiation solidarity!
    • May 3
    • 1 min

    Contract negotiation solidarity!

    The United Public Employees Union was out in force at the County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 27th, to show their strength and...
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    Ending Project Roomkey means throwing folx back out onto the streets
    • Apr 3
    • 3 min

    Ending Project Roomkey means throwing folx back out onto the streets

    In February of 2022, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors made the ill-informed and inhumane decision to begin the closure of the...
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    Food inequity and ARPA inequity
    • Apr 3
    • 2 min

    Food inequity and ARPA inequity

    Item 52 at the Sac County BOS meeting was ostensibly an unobjectionable item. It sets aside money for a Food Insecurity Pilot Program...
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    Child Protective Systems - another carceral system?
    • Feb 22
    • 7 min

    Child Protective Systems - another carceral system?

    Thank you so much to the awesome community members and social justice allies who made the creation of this piece possible. We want to...
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    Covid (still) in Jails + BOS Covid Update
    • Feb 21
    • 2 min

    Covid (still) in Jails + BOS Covid Update

    During the January Board of Supervisors monthly COVID-19 Update, Supervisors had questions related to policies, marketing, and the jail. ...
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    More Incarceration More Money
    • Feb 21
    • 3 min

    More Incarceration More Money

    2.8.22 Sac County Board of Supervisors meeting report-back Item 30: Sacramento County Jail Accessibility Update and Plan.pdf For those...
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    A more equitable trans/gender diverse police policy!
    • Feb 20
    • 3 min

    A more equitable trans/gender diverse police policy!

    We're excited to bring you an update on the Sacramento Police Department's (SPD) trans/gender diverse policy. The SPD has adopted some of...
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    Sac County and housing - ARPA update
    • Feb 19
    • 3 min

    Sac County and housing - ARPA update

    Big thanks to Mason Taylor - our ARPA expert from the California COVID Justice team at Public Health Advocates! See Mason in our latest...
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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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    IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME!
    • Dec 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME!

    THE PROGRAM FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALTERNATIVES TO 911 STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE The Wellness Crisis Call Center and Response Treatment Program...
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    IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME! Part 2
    • Dec 20, 2021
    • 8 min

    IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME! Part 2

    Although Community Advocates were pushing for an Independent Advisory Board for the Wellness Crisis Call Center and Response Treatment...
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    Mental health injustice
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 13 min

    Mental health injustice

    *TRIGGER WARNING for suicidal thoughts UPDATE! At the 1/11/22 the Sac County BOS meeting the Board adopted a resolution which approved...
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    Some Frosty takes on public health
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    Some Frosty takes on public health

    Thank you to our note-taker for this meeting - Mason Taylor! Mason chose to report back on the discussion surrounding items 25 & 26 from...
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    A Housing Strategy that Furthers Exclusion and Racial Segregation
    • Oct 10, 2021
    • 6 min

    A Housing Strategy that Furthers Exclusion and Racial Segregation

    Through reviewing this information it is our hope to raise awareness amongst impacted communities and residents in Sacramento, so we can...
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    Pandemic recovery with a racial equity lens!
    • Oct 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    Pandemic recovery with a racial equity lens!

    California COVID Justice (CCJ) is led by Public Health Advocates and a steering committee of 9 brilliant women who are relentless in...
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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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    A County Covid Divided
    • Sep 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    A County Covid Divided

    OH HUNNNNNTY - When I tell you the tea was PIPING hot during Item 35 at the Board of Supervisors 9.14 meeting Public Comment was...
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