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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1 min
Potential funding for our youth
Shoutout to our note-taker Robert Gonzalez for his work on this write-up! On 7/19/2022, the Sacramento City Council voted in favor of...
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- Jul 6
- 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
- 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
- 3 min
Bringin' in Sacramento County staff
Thank you so much to Sarah Rabanales, our Sac State intern, for this detailed write-up! Read more about Sarah by clicking here. On June...
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- Jul 6
- 4 min
Events, Alerts, and Opportunities - June 2022!
June newsletter special addition: Community Call-Outs Sacramento County did not give staff the day off for Juneteenth. Keep in mind that...
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- Jul 6
- 6 min
The County budget
Thank you so much to everyone who helped us put together the content for this write-up! We had help from our amazing interns, as well...
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- Jul 6
- 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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- Jul 6
- 5 min
Archaic ideas about Cannabis at the County
1p BOS meeting on 6/15 On the docket: Item 4 - Report Back On Health and Safety Considerations Relating To Cannabis Meeting page linked...
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- Jul 6
- 6 min
Weather hazards and a lawsuit - the fight to keep our unhoused community safe
Thank you to Crystal Sanchez (pictured below), President of the Sacramento Homeless Union, for sharing this important update with us! On...
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- Jun 1
- 7 min
Systemic harassment and abuse in our educational system
In May of this year, Dr. Elysse Versher, a beloved Vice-Principal at West Campus High School, resigned from her job. In her letter of...
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- Jun 1
- 3 min
Recs for supporting youth mental health!
Thank you to SJPC Counsel member Asha Kreiling for all of your hard work creating this write-up! In this article we're taking a look at...
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- Jun 1
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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