Essay: More death on the streets, more avoiding the harder questions
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…
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Not backing down
Editor’s note: Homeless advocates stand by their message, but disavow violent protest at Mayor Steinberg’s home After widespread coverage and condemnation of a violent protest…
Blame game on homeless deaths
Editor’s note: City and county leaders are pointing fingers after winter storm devastates Sacramento’s unhoused In one of his first big moves as mayor, Darrell…
Sacramento’s latest death of man living outdoors echoes in City Hall
Mayor acknowledges homelessness in the city is reaching unimaginable levels during the pandemic By Scott Thomas Anderson It was the type of message George Raya…
Realtors bankrolling Les Simmons against Mai Vang in District 8 City Council race
Simmons campaign now says he opposes rent control measure on Nov. 3 ballot Mai Vang had been leading the campaign money battle over Les Simmons…
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 By Scott Thomas Anderson…
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…
A strong leader doesn’t need ‘strong mayor’
Essay: Giving more power to the mayor won’t make Sacramento a fairer and better place to live By Samantha Corbin Los Angeles, San Francisco, San…
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…
Letters: Transit tax, restaurants, homelessness
Dishonesty on Frost Re: “Let the voters decide” by Glenda Marsh (Essay, May 12): What a dishonest way to represent Supervisor Sue Frost. I got…
Letters: Homeless, renters, coronavirus, etc.
No help for homeless Re: “Help the homeless, help stem the pandemic” by Bob Erlenbusch and Faye Wilson Kennedy (Essay, April 1): Myself and my…
Sacramento tries to stop a COVID-19 disaster in its homeless camps
By Scott Thomas Anderson Last week, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg stood by Gov. Gavin Newsom in front of a motel that had recently been converted…
Essay: Help the homeless, help stem the 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…
Essay: More treatment, but also more shelter
We need to help the mentally ill living on our streets By Darrell Steinberg I have waited 20 years to hear a governor deliver a…
Essay: Running to help the homeless
Candidate for Sacramento County supervisor vows action on housing crisis By Charles Crowder Homelessness in Sacramento has tipped the scales into a full-blown crisis. As…
Stone cold sober: Mayor reacts to latest increase in Sacramento homeless
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento Mayor Darrel Steinberg wasted no time calling a gaggle of reporters together to defend his administration’s handling of homelessness in…