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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.

06/16/2023
Speaking to the Elk Grove Citizen, Darren Suen talked about his plan to run in 2024. “These past nine years, you’ve seen a lot of transformation for the better, and I’d like to continue,” he said.

06/02/2023
Following a nearly monthlong delay, the Pleasant Grove Estates subdivision received the OK from the Elk Grove City Council. The development will consist of 14 single-family parcels in the city’s rural area, which includes the right to farm.

06/01/2023
Governor Newsom has revealed that Elk Grove Unified School District libraries will not be participating in any book bans, and the same will be true around the state. The school district may face legal consequences if they ban books under the new mandate.

05/25/2023
Elk Grove City Councilmember Sergio Robles on May 24 apologized to his colleagues and the community after he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. “I fully acknowledge the gravity of my mistake,” he said.

05/22/2023
Elk Grove City Councilman Sergio Robles was arrested for driving under the influence. He was found impaired and unresponsive early in the morning when police came to his vehicle.

05/19/2023
A shuttered drug store is about to become Elk Grove's new library site, thanks in part to a $3 million grant that was recently received. The total estimated cost of the library project is $15 million.

04/28/2023
Elk Grove will be upgrading over 100 traffic signals throughout the city as part of a traffic signal improvement project. All upgrades should be complete by spring 2025.

04/14/2023
The Elk Grove City Council is slated to review the Pleasant Grove Estates development plan. It is a 31-acre site that will include 14 single-family parcels, including permission for parcel owners to farm.

04/07/2023
UC Davis Health has completed the purchase of 20-acre site in Elk Grove in anticipation of an expansion of their outpatient health services.

04/07/2023
With the intent of reducing congestion and increasing safety, the city of Elk Grove is starting a $12.6 million project that will upgrade and enhance traffic signals. The improvements are expected to be complete by 2025.

04/05/2023
Elk Grove Mayor, Bobbie Singh-Allen says the city is “ driven to succeed in 2023” by being more than a town full of “subdivisions and strip malls."

04/01/2023
Elk Grove will use new technology to help solve pressing problems, improve residents’ transportation options, and launch transformative civic projects, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen said in laying out future plans.

04/01/2023
The mayor of Elk Grove is proposing the first-ever municipal tax that would help to fund the massive Sacramento Zoo relocation project.

03/27/2023
The city of Elk Grove recently awarded $35,000 in grants to local non-profits as part of their Startup Elk Grove program.

03/24/2023
Last year, the Elk Grove City Council denied a proposed low-income housing project. Now, the California Attorney General has alerted them that they have broken state law.

03/17/2023
California’s attorney general has warned Elk Grove officials that they must reverse their rejection of an affordable housing development planned for the city’s Old Town or face legal consequences.

03/08/2023
The setting on a recent Saturday was the community under a roof that owners Emily and Ryan Autenreith envisioned when they opened their Elk Grove bookstore, A Seat at the Table, nearly two years ago.

03/03/2023
Elk Grove Unified, which supports 68 schools, has over $100 million in COVID relief funding still available. The board recently met to discuss how best to use the money.

02/24/2023
At the facility, established by the Small Business Administration and California Small Business Development Center, owners can receive assistance from SBA representatives one-on-one, free of charge.