Essay: CEQA can increase affordable housing in Sacramento while protecting communities
By Ralph Propper, President of the Environmental Council of Sacramento The City of Sacramento signed a deal this summer to build a U.C. Davis campus…
Read MoreBy Ralph Propper, President of the Environmental Council of Sacramento The City of Sacramento signed a deal this summer to build a U.C. Davis campus…
Read MoreBy Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta…
Delta variant clearly upended the District’s plans, showing a lack of preparedness – and that no one’s at the helm Last Thursday, Sept. 2, was…
By Judith Redmond Sometimes when I’m selling at the farmers market, people ask if our tomatoes are dry farmed. No, they aren’t. Dry farming is…
The models and the funds are already there – if we step back from a narrow picture frame By Waverly Hampton III Pope Julius II…
The way things are going, what chance do working people have as renters? By Waverly Hampton III Riddle me this: When is a house not…
By Colleen Henderson Among parents’ worst fears is discovering their child has a debilitating chronic illness. When it happens, parents steel themselves for the journey…
By Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta Today’s commentary breaks my heart. Why? Because Restore the Delta is focused on water quality issues, flood control issues, future planning,…
By Chris Wright It took decades of political struggle to establish our modern wilderness system, which now contains 109, 138,635 acres. That sounds like a…
Gun violence is up, fears of hate crimes permeate, but this is not who we are By Waverly Hampton III Dear Sacramento, for the sake…
By Dr. Anokh Sohal, psychiatry resident physician UC Davis is at risk of denying its community of the talented Black and Brown doctors it deserves….
Niki Jones, Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee We are in a familiar place. More deaths of people on our streets. More die-ins and press conferences being…
By Dave Roughton By some indicators, there’s reason to hope California is on the path to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. State revenues are performing…
New CDC guidelines for health care and other essential workers could prolong pandemic By Cathy Kennedy In the grip of the most severe global pandemic…
A new Sacramento coalition says the coronavirus response could be the blueprint for permanent solutions By Bob Erlenbusch and Faye Wilson Kennedy The Sacramento Regional…
Rather than just begging for state crumbs, the city of Sacramento should seek compensation for the city resources and services that the state of California…
There was no question that we needed to close our doors, but we also know that mindfulness and active healing are more critical now than…