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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Letters: Election, endorsements, rent control
Protect tenants Re: “Measure C will keep city affordable” by Anthony Lew, Terry Schanz and Katie Valenzuela (Essay, Oct. 13): 100% agree. It will keep…
Measure C will worsen housing crisis
Essay: Sacramento’s rent control initiative is flawed, costly and illegal By Cassandra Jennings, Bob Ward and Mallori Spilker Low- and middle-income families, students, seniors, veterans—struggling…
Measure C will keep city affordable
Essay: Sacramento’s rent control initiative is proven, effective and essential By Anthony Lew, Terry Schanz and Katie Valenzuela On Nov. 3, Sacramento has a decision…
Help decide Sacramento’s future
SN&R’s recommendations in key contests on Nov. 3 ballot Here are the endorsements from SN&R’s editorial staff, focusing on the most important local contests where…
The desperate hour
Hundreds arrive at Capitol demanding lawmakers prevent eviction nightmare Fearing that California’s powerful real estate and banking lobbies will stop lawmakers from taking action to…
Political battles converge in Sacramento as eviction avalanche looms
While city voters will get to vote on rent control, deferred rent and mortgages in the hands of the state lawmakers News that a rent…
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…
Sacramento tries to bolster Section 8 housing with new CARES Act money
The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency is working against the clock to try to use federal COVID-19 relief to fix a longstanding problem with its…
Sounding the alarm
Virtual town halls educate and empower the black community during the pandemic By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Kevin Carter In March, we began distributing food,…