Gov. Gavin Newsom looking troubled in a file photo.
Happy Monday.
As you may know, Gov. Gavin Newsom will not be giving his State of the State address this afternoon, as had been planned. That’s because Proposition 1, his $6.4 billion bond aimed at helping unhoused, mentally ill Californians get into shelter and treatment, is too close to call.
Late last week, the governor's national PAC, Campaign for Democracy, sent an urgent request asking supporters to contact Democrats who have had faulty ballots rejected, and encourage them to get them fixed. This is a little-known maneuver known as a “cure,” which allows voters to correct ballots that have been rejected because of missing signatures or other errors after election day. (You can find out if your ballot was counted by following this link to the state’s Ballottrax service.)
Unhoused Individuals and Mental Health
Prop 1 is narrowly ahead as of Sunday night, and its opponents have conceded the race. Nevertheless, opposition from civil liberties groups and advocates for the mentally ill may have (almost?) derailed the measure.
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• Sacramento Sheriff’s Department Arrests 96 People for Retail Theft at Target
Over the weekend the Sacramento Sheriff's Department conducted an operation to combat retail theft in the Sacramento area. 96 people were arrested, with 10 people booked into the county jail. The ages of those arrested ranged from 11 to 62 years old.
(03/14/2024) → Elk Grove Laguna News
• Creative Economy Meeting Hosts Artists, Leaders to Discuss Impact and Opportunities
Passion, policy and opportunity intersected on the evening of March 13 when Atrium 916 and Black Artist Foundry held a creative economy meeting.
(03/14/2024) → Sacramento Business Journal
• Apartment Project Planned Next to Broderick in West Sacramento
Bare land is slated for a new residential development.
(03/13/2024) → Sacramento Business Journal
• Billionaire California Growers Battle Farmworker Union Over Biggest Victory Under New Law
The United Farm Workers is facing allegations of fraudulent conduct from one of the largest agricultural companies in the world, days after the historic union successfully organized a small part of the multibillion-dollar business.
(03/13/2024) → The Sacramento Bee
• New Public Market Planned for Sacramento’s River District
Alchemist Community Development Corporation is planning an incubator for food entrepreneurs in the River District at 341 North 10th Street to open to the public by early 2026.
(03/13/2024) → The Sacramento Observer
• Meet Jessica Sanders, Executive Director of the Sacramento Tree Foundation
A Q&A with Jessica Sanders, who helps the leafy citizens of the "City of Trees" thrive.
(03/11/2024) → Sactown Magazine
• March is Museum Membership Month
A list of Sacramento area museums offering discounted memberships in March.
(03/11/2024) → Sacramento Press
• Meet the High Schoolers Behind the Mic at KYDS 91.5 FM
Intro to Media Arts students at El Camino Fundamental High School are the voices and talent driving this area radio station.
(03/11/2024) → The Observer
• Fong Moves on in California Primary to Replace Kevin McCarthy.
Assemblyman Vince Fong, the presumed frontrunner to replace retired Bakersfield Rep. Kevin McCarthy in California’s most Republican-filled congressional district, will vie in the Nov. 5 general election — presuming California’s secretary of state doesn’t block him.
(03/11/2024) → The Sacramento Bee
• Harder to Face Republican Kevin Lincoln in Tough November House Race
Rep. Josh Harder, D-Tracy, and Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, a Republican, will vie in a close November election for a left-leaning Stockton-anchored seat in the Central Valley.
(03/11/2024) → The Sacramento Bee
• California Speeds Plans to Empty San Quentin's Death Row
California prison officials announced they will move the last 457 condemned prisoners out of San Quentin's death row by summer. They will be transferred to other state prisons and housed in the general population.
(03/18/2024) → Los Angeles Times
• Alan G. Sieroty, Former State Senator Who Helped Create the Coastal Commission, Dies at 93
Sieroty, of Beverly Hills, served as a state Assembly member and senator, championing disability rights and efforts to protect California's coast.
(03/17/2024) → Los Angeles Times
• California Unlikely to Meet Landmark Goals for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
California will miss its goals unless it can increase emission reductions threefold, according to a new study.
(03/15/2024) → Los Angeles Times
• Q&A: How the 50-Year-Old Case That Transformed English Learner Education Began
An interview with Lucinda Lee Katz, the first grade teacher of the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Lau vs. Nichols.
(03/14/2024) → EdSource
Gov. Gavin Newsom looking troubled in a file photo.
