Sacramento County Supervisors Archives

LA Bans Homeless Camps Near Schools While Sacramento Prohibited from Removing Homeless on Public Property

August 3, 2022 9:36 amAugust 3, 2022 9:40 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance prohibiting homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and day care centers. Also on Tuesday, a federal judge issued an order forbidding Sacramento police and city officials from clearing homeless...

Sacramento Mayor Does Bait-and-Switch on Remote City Homeless Shelter

July 20, 2022 8:21 am

A 24-hour homeless respite center on the outermost fringe of the City of Sacramento will be turned into a 50-bed homeless shelter – right next door to the Sacramento Children’s Receiving Home, Renfree Baseball Park, and Del Paso Regional Park....

Sacramento’s Homeless Street Vagrants Live Under Separate Set of Laws

August 20, 2021 1:14 pmAugust 20, 2021 1:14 pm

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg recently announced that he wants to open homeless shelters, tiny homes and tent encampments in 20 residential neighborhoods and locations around the city. Because eradicating the drug-addicted homeless from areas where families live, children play, youth...

Sacramento Mayor Proposes Spreading the Homeless Throughout the City

August 5, 2021 8:37 amAugust 7, 2021 7:41 am

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, the Sacramento City Council and City Manager gave themselves big raises in May, as crime spiked in the city, as the drug-addicted homeless multiplied, while the city was still in the red tier of the Governor’s...

Who Are California’s Winners and Losers of 2020?

January 1, 2021 2:07 amJanuary 4, 2021 11:02 am

While 2020 has been a perfectly horrible year thanks to abusive politicians, the gross mismanagement of the coronavirus, job loss and business closures, and the tanking of the economy, not all politicians are corrupt or obsessed with power. However, the...

Liberal ‘Anti-Racism’ Does More Harm Than Good

December 20, 2020 2:15 amDecember 20, 2020 9:01 pm

Last month, Sacramento County Supervisors passed a resolution declaring racism to be a “public health crisis.” Only one supervisor, Sue Frost, voted against it. Reaction was swift. Columnist Marcos Breton writing for the Sacramento Bee, was outraged, describing Frost’s attempts to explain her reasoning...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg’s Plan to Stop NIMBYs From Blocking Homeless Shelters

December 8, 2020 8:59 amDecember 8, 2020 3:34 pm

Rather than finding ways to get Sacramento’s large homeless population the emergency medical and mental health services they need, Mayor Darrell Steinberg is threatening city residents with tent cities in their neighborhoods. Calling Sacramento residents “NIMBYs,” Steinberg wants the city...