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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- Jul 11
- 6 min
City budget part 2: The RydeFreeRT saga
TL;DR: Sacramento City Manager - and all around disappointment - Howard Chan attempted to remove funding for the RydeFreeRT program (a...
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- Mar 26
- 12 min
Darrell Steinberg's Failed "Compromise"
In January of this year, following a council meeting in which dozens of community members showed up to demand that Sacramento address the...
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- Nov 14, 2023
- 11 min
You want me to keep paying more and getting less?
Since the launch of SJPC 2.0 this August, we have made the decision to focus on storytelling and consistently uplifting the stories and...
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- Oct 2, 2023
- 3 min
Side Eye: Sacramento Goes Silent
For months now, the Sacramento City Council has been suffering from a plague of malicious callers using vile racial slurs during public...
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- Jul 25, 2023
- 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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- Jun 28, 2023
- 5 min
Measure U - important recs ignored
Some quick background on Measure U! The Measure U Advisory Committee is the oversight body for the 1cent sales & use tax levied on all...
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- May 27, 2023
- 8 min
Copaganda Corner & SPD's raise request
The Sacramento Police Department gave a presentation on their proposed 2024 budget at the May 16th City Council meeting. The budget would...
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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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- Apr 27, 2023
- 3 min
Expansion of Equity Training in the City of Sacramento
What's this piece all about? Sacramento City's Racial Equity Committee met on 4/11 and discussed a Resolution on DEIB (Diversity, Equity,...
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- Apr 11, 2023
- 5 min
Police Review Commission 2023 - a new work plan and an inadequate MEU policy
At the Sacramento Community Police Review Commission’s (SCPRC) 3/13 meeting, their 2023 work plan was discussed in detail in preparation...
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- Feb 18, 2023
- 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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- Nov 19, 2022
- 6 min
Jeff Harris, You Got Some F*ckin Nerve
At the Sacramento City Council meeting on October 11th, the community came together in a beautiful way to embarrass and shame our...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
The Siting Plan, it was nice(?) knowin' ya
The City of Sacramento seems to have seen the writing on the wall, and has decided to officially let the Comprehensive Siting Plan To...
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- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
"Protect" schools at what cost?
Thank you to SJPC's Community Outreach Coordinator, Sarah Rabanales, for all her hard work on this piece! Sadly yet unsurprisingly, the...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 4 min
SHRA - problematic practices
What is the SHRA? According to their website (linked here): “The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency was created to ensure the...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 4 min
Yes on Measure L - prioritize Sacramento's youth!
Thank you to the community contributor who made this piece possible! What is Measure L? Why do we need Measure L? Who supports youth...
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- Aug 8, 2022
- 3 min
The City's 24/7 respite center
Shoutout to our Sacramento State University intern Sarah Rabanales for her work on this write-up! A year round, 24/7 respite center was...
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- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
The struggle for affordable housing
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, 2022
- 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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