Big challenges for Sacramento County
The newly elected supervisor will have a big say on county priorities As I write this column on Nov. 6, I do not know who…
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Getting personal in pivotal county race
The candidates are accusing each other of unfair attacks in the final days of the Sacramento County supervisors runoff The charges and countercharges are flying…
Turning Sacramento orange
Editor’s note: County isn’t going to make its goal of reopening more businesses by Halloween, and top officials may have violated COVID-19 safety rules Sacramento…
More people are trying to kill themselves inside Sacramento jail
Already stark conditions have worsened under COVID-19 At least 18 people tried to kill themselves in the downtown Sacramento jail this year—breaking last year’s record…
City says it can clear homeless camps during COVID
Sacramento to levee campers: You have no home, but you can’t stay here. Days after a Sacramento County health order discouraged homeless sweeps to prevent…
Sacramento evictions dropped for nine straight years. That’s about to change.
State and local eviction moratoriums may not be enough to stop a ‘tsunami of evictions and foreclosures’ Despite actions by Gov. Gavin Newsom and local politicians throughout…
Editor’s note: Public comment
For transit sales tax to pass, residents must be heard The Sacramento Transportation Authority needs to work on this whole public input thing, especially when…