Darrell's Questionable ARPA Priorities
This meeting of the City Council was a discussion of how to spend the $112 million dollars that Sacramento is getting from the American...
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- Sep 2, 2021
- 1 min
SHRA Mid Year Budget Buzz
The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) was created to ensure the ongoing development of affordable housing and to...
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- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Project Roomkey Update (kinda)
In March 2020 the state started Project Roomkey as a housing relief program during the pandemic. State and local agencies came together...
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- Sep 2, 2021
- 3 min
The War on Drugs seeks ARPA Funds (ie the Fentanyl Crisis)
Fam. I really thought I was going to write a piece about the harms of Fentanyl (and I'll at least include a little background on the...
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- Aug 31, 2021
- 5 min
Board of Supes Approves a Mental Health Services Act Three-Year Program And Expenditure Plan
Dr. Corrine What is MHSA? Sacramento County Behavioral Health Services’ mental health system of care includes 260 programs/agencies...
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- Aug 11, 2021
- 7 min
Measure U, who?
The Measure U Community Advisory Committee and the Police Review Commission Team Up for their 1st (and Certainly Not Last) Joint Meeting...
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- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
We Big Mad: Getting our Fair Share of ARPA
Shoutout to Gabriel Johnson for the detailed notes he took on this issue! For the record, we are big mad! Item 38 at the 7/27 Sacramento...
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- Jul 5, 2021
- 1 min
Repeat Injustice? County is Getting Over $300 million for Covid-Relief.
Remember when Sac County got $181 million for CARES Act and they tried to give it to the Sheriff's department last year? Community had to...
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- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
The People's Budget Presentation to the Board of Supervisors
On June 9th, the People's Budget Sacramento made their recommendations to the Board on how they should budget for the 2021-2022 cycle AND...
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- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Why We Need to Support the Public Defenders Office
The public defenders program has a 2% recidivism (people going back to jail) rate, compared to probations 20-30%. It's more effective: So...
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- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Your comprehensive Recap of how the County is Spending $6.5 Billion
We detail the Good, The Bad, the Needs Improvement Budgeting has got to be one of the more stressful times around the county. They’ve...
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- Jun 21, 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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- Jun 21, 2021
- 5 min
Shifting Mental Health Responses from Sheriff...But Not the Funds
Board of Supes Approve $12million for a 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Response Program that Does NOT Involve Law Enforcement by Dr. Corrine...
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- Jun 1, 2021
- 9 min
The Nonprofit Industrial Complex Strikes It's Ugly Head at City Council (5/25)
Nonprofits fighting for the breadcrumbs of $1 million while police asking for $165 million. The Shame! (Issa lot so we include an...
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- Jun 1, 2021
- 10 min
Police violence against our youth
How Sacramento City Council & the Board of Supervisors Can Take Actionable Steps to Prevent A Foster Youth like Ma’Khia Bryant From Being...
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- Jun 1, 2021
- 4 min
Connecting the Dots: Probation Is A Harmful Law Enforcement Agency. Period.
This piece is a reportback on Item #51 from the Board of Supervisors May 18th meeting Now is the time to call out a simple fact:...
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- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
The PoPos Is Taking Your Coines
On the 1st anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, Sacramento was set for a discussion on the police budget at the 5/25 City Council...
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- May 2, 2021
- 1 min
Budget season is upon us
5/2/2021 What We Know Budget development is in full swing NOW. In April we reviewed the Sacramento BOS meeting held to discuss the yearly...
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- May 2, 2021
- 5 min
May is Mental Health Month
But are folxs aware that California is facing a mental health crisis? And what is Sacramento County doing in response? by Dr. Corrine...
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- Apr 17, 2021
- 2 min
The County's upcoming budget year breakdown
On 4/13 The Board of Supervisors had a budget workshop in preparation for the 2021-2022 budget. How will the pandemic affect the budget 5...
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