County ramps up funding to fight COVID-19
Editor’s note: After controversy and confusion, Sacramento County supervisors add $45 million for public health Sacramento County supervisors—with the county under withering criticism for spending…
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Wanted: Vote centers
Editor’s note: Sacramento elections officials need more safe polling places for November—and poll workers, too There’s a lot of coverage and consternation—rightly so—about President Trump’s…
Letters: Homelessness, presidential race, COVID spending
The real problem Re: “A matter of life and death” by Bob Erlenbusch (Essay, Aug. 12): Your efforts don’t treat the underlying problem. Homeless don’t…
Rent control resurrected
Editor’s note: An initiative to cap rent hikes in Sacramento will be on the November ballot after all. And that could be bad news for…
A matter of life and death
Essay: A call for racial equity and money as more homeless people are dying on Sacramento’s streets By Bob Erlenbusch The Sacramento Regional Coalition to…
Power of the poor
Essay: A new study says that if the poor vote, they can change the election By Kenia Alococer The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call…
The silver bullet against COVID-19?
Editor’s note: Pharma firms are racing to find a vaccine, but what if people won’t take it? Almost every week, there are encouraging early test…
Different directions on COVID relief
Editor’s note: While the city is using its federal CARES Act money to help those in need, the county is paying its employees so it…
Dad would have been 100 this week
This week, my dad, William Edward vonKaenel, would have turned 100. During his 52 years on this planet, he experienced the Roaring Twenties, the Great…
The speech Joe Biden should give
‘I promise to serve only one term and to prepare my running mate, Kamala Harris, to become president. She will be the most powerful vice…
‘Strong mayor’ gets on the ballot
Editor’s note: Battle lines are drawn as Steinberg takes a political gamble Sacramento’s latest “strong mayor” plan is headed for the Nov. 3 ballot, but…
House arrest or home retreat?
How would you describe the past 200 days of the pandemic? Some of us have been swinging between feeling caged and being secretly delighted to…
‘Strong mayor’ version 2.0
Editor’s note: Steinberg offers term limits and sunset date to get ‘strong mayor’ on the November ballot Will term limits and a sunset date be…
Letters: ‘Strong mayor,’ drug treatment, SMUD
Another KJ? Re: “‘Strong mayor,’ plus” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, July 23): While I am one of the people who think [Darrell] Steinberg has…
A $1.2 million sobriety pit stop
Essay: A new city-funded program for meth abusers doesn’t go far enough I will be the first person to support the need for people to…
Surviving the pandemic
Essay: A new poll shows that Blacks and Latinos are experiencing COVID-19 differently By Evan Schmidt At Valley Vision, we regularly do public opinion polls…
Letters: Election, SMUD, the Bee, COVID-19
Won’t beat McClintock Re: “Achilles heel?” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, July 21): As much as I would love for her to win, you should…