participatory & equitable budgets

A final breakdown on Sac County's CARES Act Funds

On December 30, the Sacramento Board of Supervisors held a special meeting to determine how the remaining CARES Act funds would be...

Clock is ticking for County to spend CARES Act Funding

On December 30 the Sacramento BOS held a special meeting. At this meeting they discussed two pots of money that the Public Health...

The Sheriff Department Cannot Be Our Piggy Bank

Call into the BOS meeting (916) 875-2500) on 12/16 at 10AM and tell them so "Law enforcement should not be acting as the piggy bank for...

Real Real Systemic Change

On Tuesday, the Sacramento City Council unanimously voted yes on a public safety resolution. The first ever in the United States! We...

One Step Closer to Participatory Budgeting

On last week’s episode of the Sacramento City Council Chronicles, members of the Measure U committee presented a recommendation to the...

Whose budget? Our Budget!

On September 9, Sacramento County Executive Nav Gill will present his budget to the Board of Supervisors. The People’s Budget Sac plans...

Can Law Enforcement Stop Covid? Nope! But They Got 85% of CARES funds. #MakeItMakeSense

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors met on August 11 and one of the hot topics they discussed was how the County spent the $181...

What's at stake for social justice in Sacramento County?

The County passed a placeholder budget to last through the summer so that the Board could make a decision on the full budget in September...

Care Not Cops

Join Cordova High’s Black Student Union and GenUp FCUSD for a peaceful protest to demand the school district end its SRO contract on July...

Measure U Community Advisory Committee

On June 15, the Measure U Advisory Committee met for the first time since February to discuss the City of Sacramento's adopted FY20-21...

SCUSD board voted unanimously to approve the new budget without an allocation for the SRO contract

On June 25, Sacramento Unified School (SCUSD) Board met to adopt a budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year. A coalition including Sacramento...

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