Environmental Justice in Sacramento: an introduction
TL;DR: the Sacramento region is experiencing the impacts (and facing the increasing severity) of climate change and environmental...
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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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- Jul 11
- 5 min
City budget part 1: The Audacity of Howard Chan
TL;DR: Bruh, how you have the audacity to try and give yourself another raise when you're already the highest paid city manager in the...
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- Apr 15
- 15 min
Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang & Being a Community Steward
This month, SJPC is focusing on local elections. As a reminder to our readers, SJPC is a 501c-3 and therefore cannot endorse candidates...
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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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- Mar 25
- 21 min
Social Work and the Importance of Staying Curious
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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- Mar 12
- 10 min
Alt to 911 - NOW OPEN 24/7, 365!
This write-up was informed by a conversation between SJPC and Dr. Corrine McIntosh Sako, Chair of the Sacramento County Mental Health...
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- Dec 5, 2023
- 5 min
Things to keep an eye on in 2024!
Thanks to all you wonderful people sharing space with us in the SJPC community, your support is truly appreciated! This article is meant...
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- Nov 28, 2023
- 8 min
The Beauty of Acting Out of Character
Editor’s Note: This story is a part of our month long exploration of the criminal legal system. Our COO, Kelechi Ohiri penned this piece...
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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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- Nov 6, 2023
- 8 min
Lies Law Enforcement Tells Us
Quick summary: This week we’re taking a look at the false narratives, lies, and propaganda fed to folks in the Sacramento area (and...
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- Oct 23, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 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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- Jun 27, 2023
- 5 min
Sacramento Needs a Public Bank!
The creation of a public bank is a social justice project & movement Creating a public bank would enable Sacramento residents to have...
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- May 24, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 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 17, 2023
- 11 min
The Closing of Financially Troubled Sacramento Housing Nonprofit and the Death of Fair Housing
At the March 28th Sacramento County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, the Board approved $1.7 million to pay property owners back rent...
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