People’s Budget ignored
Essay: Sacramento County supervisors pass a business-as-usual budget that puts policing ahead of human needs By Kula Koenig Despite multiple crises and residents’ calls for…
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Buying time
Editor’s note: Budget challenges for Sacramento County go way beyond the calls to defund the Sheriff’s Office The revised 2020-21 budget approved by Sacramento County…
Letters: Defund, Trump, City Hall, cold case, wildfires, sheriff
Fear-mongering on fire department Re: “Decision time on ‘Defund the Police‘” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, Sept. 9): Who conflated the firefighters in with the…
Decision time for ‘Defund the Police’
Editor’s note: Sacramento City Council and county Board of Supervisors hear proposals to shift funding This is the most important week so far for the…
Peaceful protest
Editor’s note: Mayor Steinberg warns against violence in Jacob Blake marches, while Councilwoman-elect Valenzuela stresses free speech It’s an ongoing tension in America’s debate on…
The people’s budget
Editor’s note: Sacramento activists aren’t waiting for a city charter change to have more say on how tax dollars are spent It’s one of the…
African Americans and cannabis
In the new legal cannabis world, arrests are still higher and opportunities fewer for Blacks Anyone wanting to argue that systematic racism exists in the…
Real reform
Essay: Sacramento must lead on police changes. The community commission’s recommendations are a good start. By Mario Guerrero For the past several weeks, our city…
Letters: Strong mayor, police reform, Delta tunnel
Unnecessary move Re: “‘Strong mayor’ is back” by Foon Rhee (News, July 8): What has not being a strong mayor prevented him from accomplishing? Rarely…
The wrong questions
Essay: For real public safety, we need to invest in preventing violence By Flojaune G. Cofer Our city’s current approach to public safety lacks imagination….
Letters: Defund the police, masks, clubs
Fuzzy thinking Re: “The other victims” by Foon Rhee (Editor’s note, June 29): Sorry, but that is some fuzzy thinking. Since the Sac police are…
A mission 400 years in the making
Essay: The goals of The Liberation Collective for Black Sacramento go far beyond police reform By Sonia Lewis When people ask if our mission has…
The other victims
Editor’s note: “Defund the Police” has momentum. But what if cutting the Sacramento police budget means more crimes go unsolved? When the Sacramento City Council…
A little perspective
Editor’s note: In Sacramento’s police reform debate, look at the bigger picture. The city’s rate of police killings is lower than the national average. Sacramento…
Take the pledge
Editor’s note: The “Sacramento squad” is urging elected officials and candidates to “just say no” to police money. It doesn’t quite carry the significance of…
Stopping gun violence
Editor’s note: ShotSpotter contract creates another flashpoint in the “Defund the Police” debate In normal times, a contract extension like this would be routine. But…
Economic justice on hold?
The chairperson of a citizens committee on Measure U will no longer be sidelined A citizens committee created to help follow through on economic justice…