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04/20/2024
Each year, a herd of 7,000 sheep graze and goats tend to the grass with their kids, or baby goats, in creeks and channels throughout the city, clear vegetation grow during the wet season to cut down on wildfire dangers.

04/05/2024
Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen speaks at a press conference at Elk Grove City Hall on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, condemning hate against the Asian-American Pacific Islander community and outlining plans to increase public safety.

04/05/2024
Although Elk Grove taxpayers will shoulder most of the $302 million cost of the initial phase of the relocation and construction of a new Sacramento Zoo, other parties including the Sacramento Zoological Society will share the burden.

03/23/2024
The City of Elk Grove has released information about the financing for the $400M multi-phase project to move the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove, but questions remain.

02/18/2024
Even though Elk Grove's Oak Rose affordable housing conflict will soon be resolved, another one could be brewing in the Old Town-Historic Downtown neighborhood over an affordable senior citizen housing project.

12/21/2023
In less than 11 months, Elk Grove voters will select their mayor and council representatives for Districts 1 and 3. Councilmembers Darren Suen and Kevin Spease have purchased ads in the 2024 Elk Grove Town Planner calendar, although as yet they have no challengers. Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, also on the ballot, did not purchase calendar space.

09/27/2023
Elk Grove's City Council reconsidered the construction of an apartment complex that would house those experiencing homelessness. After three hours of discussion, the council voted unanimously to continue its decision to Oct. 11.

09/06/2023
The planned relocation of the Elk Grove Library to another Old Town-Historic Downtown Elk Grove location has been halted. Instead, the City Council will select an independent nonprofit to operate the facility as a winter homeless shelter.

08/18/2023
An independent study of the city’s animal shelter recommended a five-year phasing plan for adding 10 new positions. The shelter was opened nearly four years ago for housing 56 cats and 66 dogs, and other small animals.

08/18/2023
A new incentive program in Elk Grove is designed to assist breweries, wineries and restaurants. Adopted by the Elk Grove City Council on Aug. 9, it is called the Brewery, Restaurant and Winery (BReW) Incentive Program.

08/16/2023
Although he hasn’t made a formal announcement, by filing California Form 501, Elk Grove Vice Mayor Kevin Spease has documented his intent to seek another four-year term as District 3’s council rep.

08/11/2023
Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen is now in her second term, having defeated incumbent Steve Ly in 2020 and her lone challenger Brian Pastor in last year’s race. She told the Citizen that she had known for a long time that she would seek a third term.

08/11/2023
The legacy of Arnold J. Adreani was celebrated when a neighborhood park was dedicated to him. The Elk Grove educator worked as the principal of Joseph Kerr Middle School for 26 years before dedicating much of his retirement to providing scholarships to local students.

07/28/2023
Mega Vape and Smoke is slated to open within a 915-square-foot space at the Elk Grove Corners shopping center. It will be within a 7,000-square-foot building that includes three other store spaces—a location made possible by the Elk Grove Planning Commission’s approval of a conditional-use permit.

07/07/2023
Elk Grove will soon get a second seat on Sacramento Regional Transit’s governing board after a new California bill was signed into law. Assembly Bill 354 is expected to give the city a greater say in the transit system, said the Elk Grove lawmaker who carried the bill.

07/07/2023
Elk Grove Councilmember Darren Suen is the newly appointed chief of staff for Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen,who is his former City Council colleague.

07/07/2023
The proposed Cornerstone Village project on Bruceville Road, south of Laguna Boulevard, will receive an additional $2 million in loan funding from Elk Grove’s affordable housing fund.

06/30/2023
LowBrau’s Slow and Low Smokehouse, Elk Grove’s future barbecue restaurant and bar, took a step closer to its completion thanks to the City Council’s recent approval of a $500,000 loan deal.

06/23/2023
In an agreement with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, Elk Grove is set to join a $1 million program that will employ a community prosecutor to work with the Elk Grove police.

06/16/2023
Partly because of two new funding sources—Measure E sales tax revenue and new casino mitigation funding—the fiscal year budget is $55 million more than the previous year’s adopted budget. The increase also includes capital project funding carry-overs.