Recently, Sacramento City Council voted 5-2 to accept a federal grant on the condition that they would “pass through” 30% of $800,000 to the Sheriff’s office to assist in their collaboration with the Central California Intelligence Center (CCIC). If that sounds convoluted and confusing, that’s because it is.

The saga of Sacramento’s institutional racism sadly continues. More evidence exposing the blatant racism of Sacramento’s police was found. The ACLU of Northern California recently released a report revealing an explicitly racial bias when it comes to traffic stops and Sacramento’s Police Department (Sac PD).

Sacramento and several other regions across California are currently fighting for public banks at nearly every level of government. A coalition of organizations led by Sacramento Acting Congregations Together, Sacramento Climate Coalition, and others are concentrating their efforts to bring a public bank to Sacramento