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…
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…
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…
From Tupperware, with love
And so I bake. I bake as an excuse to leave the house, if only briefly. If my friends are home, we’ll talk through screen doors, catch up a bit. If they’re working, or if their health doesn’t allow it, I’ll send a text in advance so the food doesn’t languish in Sacramento’s summer heat. However the food gets delivered, I’ve made a real, human connection with someone I love in a time when I—we—need it so much.
‘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…
A close and complicated call
Editor’s note: Steinberg has work to do to get his “strong mayor” plan on the November ballot After the Sacramento City Council discussed the latest…
Crunch time on Census
Officials want Californians to respond before the count ends Oct. 15 State Census officials and their partners said July 27 they are ramping up for…
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…
‘Strong mayor,’ plus
Editor’s note: The latest version of “strong mayor” in Sacramento includes other progressive reforms, but is there enough time to rush it on to November…
Sacramento tries to bolster Section 8 housing with new CARES Act money
By Scott Thomas Anderson The Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency is working against the clock to try to use federal COVID-19 relief to fix a…
Infecting while impaired
A new program to keep Sacramentans safe from COVID-19 while sobering up is the first big test for a new office that will handle 911…