Things to keep an eye on in 2024!
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- Oct 23
- 5 min
Embracing Our Neighbors With Compassion
This piece is centered around the #ThisClose2Unhoused Campaign, led by Public Health Advocates (PHA), which is working to promote...
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- Oct 9
- 8 min
The Constant Housing Struggle: Andi & Dylan Edition
This week we're continuing our exploration of the ways in which renter's are being disenfranchised and exploited by landlords in the...
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- Oct 9
- 3 min
Side Eye: Sac Area Schools don’t offer the security you believe
As I stand at the Buckeye school board’s meeting for the forced outing of queer children, listening to parent’s fear of their children...
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- Oct 2
- 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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- Sep 7
- 5 min
$2BILLION for a new jail?!
Quick summary On 8/8/23 the Sac County BOS voted on an item amending a contract with jail expansion design firm Nacht & Lewis, and a...
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- Jul 25
- 11 min
Reform Is an Impossibility
What meeting are we talking about today? At the June 20th Sacramento City Council meeting, the City's Office of Public Safety...
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- May 24
- 7 min
Hey Sac County - stop housing our foster youth in a jail
The Sacramento County Children’s System of Care Committee met on 5/15/23 - let's talk about what went down. First of all, what is this...
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- May 11
- 5 min
Jail expansion update & ADP reduction
At the end of 2022 we saw Sacramento County bring back its plan for jail expansion, despite the community having previously blocked an...
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- Apr 3
- 3 min
A Win is a Win… Sort of?
In June of 2021 the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a new 24/7 mental health crisis response program with the...
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- Feb 18
- 3 min
Sue Frost Strikes Again and A Less Than Convincing DEI Cabinet
Today we're covering item 53 from the 12/13/22 Sac County Board of Supervisors meeting (yes we're a little late) The item is question:...
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- Feb 18
- 5 min
Feeling optimistic - Sac City's Racial Equity Committee!
Shout out to SJPC's own Community Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Rabanales, for her report back on this meeting! Sacramento City Council's...
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- Feb 18
- 3 min
Funding for Seavey Circle - a win for racial & health equity!
Back at the November 29th Sac City Council meeting (apologies for how late we are on reporting this news!!) there was a big win for...
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- Dec 16, 2022
- 7 min
Jail expansion - it ain't over 'till it's over
What happened? This year we saw the County bring back its plan to expand the jail, despite the community having previously blocked an...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Mistreatment within Twin Rivers Unified
Today we are bringing you a very upsetting look into how teachers and students within the Twin Rivers Unified School District are being...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Health Board Tells the Supes, “Care First, Jails Last!”
...When It Comes to the Mental Health Services in the Sacramento County Jails! Ok, Mental Health Board…we see you… During a special...
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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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- 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
Recap: Sacramento Community Summit on Homelessness
This article has been adapted from a wonderful piece by Cathleen Williams (of the Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee [SHOC]) which...
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