The loudest voice
Editor’s note: Sacramento council members are told the police can’t be fixed, so must be defunded If Sacramento City Council members listen only to the…
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State task force on homelessness hopes to use pandemic lessons as a catalyst
Mayor Steinberg co-sponsors bill in Legislature to force municipalities to take action By Scott Thomas Anderson Will the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic make…
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…
Under pressure
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s mayor offered police reforms. Many Black leaders are demanding more. With no meeting this week, the City Council won’t debate police reform…
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…
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…
Dividing the pie
Editor’s note: How should Sacramento spend $89 million from Uncle Sam? Residents have ideas, but will officials listen? Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Council members…
Fundamental change?
Mayor Steinberg puts forward his police reform plan for Sacramento, including an independent inspector general Declaring that “our community is crying out for zero tolerance…
Spend like Black Lives Matter
Essay: The change we need in Sacramento goes far beyond policing. The city must devote more to housing and social services. By Logan Dreher Mayor…
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…
Actions, not words
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s mayor promises police reforms, but will rank-and-file go along? After hundreds of protestors staged a die-in near his home Friday evening, Mayor…
The right response to George Floyd
Essay: Instead of a curfew and the National Guard, Sacramento should be defunding police and limiting use-of-force By Katie Valenzuela When I watched the video…
Days of rage
Editor’s note: The cause is righteous. The looting is self-defeating. Anyone with common sense and an ounce of humanity knows what happened to George Floyd—a…
Waste not, want not
Editor’s note: Sacramento can’t afford to blow the $89.6 million windfall from the feds It’s a godsend that the city of Sacramento received $89.6 million…
A tale of two cities
Editor’s note: Did richer, white voters refuse to help Sacramento’s poor, black and brown kids? The proponents of the March children’s funding ballot measure have…
Stimulus check
Mayor Steinberg has a plan for spending $89 million from the feds The city of Sacramento was fortunate to get $89 million from the $2…
COVID-19 cover?
Critics cry foul as Sacramento passes embattled telecommunication plan with public’s voice lowered by lockdown By Scott Thomas Anderson Last year, Sacramento City Hall was…