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Downtown Sacramento Partnership’s Liz Lorand Williams on Creating a Pro-Housing City

By Hannah Ross Liz Lorand Williams, policy manager for Downtown Sacramento Partnership, has worked to advocate on behalf of the downtown community for the last...

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Coordinated Access System creates one ‘front door’ for Sacramentans in need of shelter

By Marie-Elena Schembri In 2023, the city of Sacramento ranked in the top three U.S. cities for percentage of unsheltered homeless individuals and families and...

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The platforms, priorities and campaign funding in Sacramento’s District 4 city council race

By Scott Thomas Anderson The lines for Sacramento’s District 4 have been redrawn and local politicos are waiting to see what that means for representation...

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Essay: Let’s talk about improving Sacramento’s election system

By Steve Cohn and Paula Lee With the Primary Election rapidly approaching, Sacramento voters will be bombarded with political mailers, emails, texts and calls from...

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Counting Sacramento’s homeless: Volunteers set out across region for biennial Point-In-Time Count

By Chris Nichols and Keyshawn Davis Heather Coffman says she left her home nearly two decades ago to escape the domestic violence that shattered her...

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Housing in the Capital: Cathy Creswell and Jordan Grimaldi on the intersectional benefits of investing in transit and active transportation

By Nick Brunner In a neighborhood called Mirasol Village, a new light rail stop was planned as part of a newly opened mixed-income housing center....

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Candidates for Sacramento’s next mayor make a final push. Here’s how they’re reaching the people

Each candidate brings strategies old and new ahead of March 5 vote By Jacob Peterson When Mayor Darrel Steinberg announced he would not seek re-election...

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Who is funding the Sacramento mayor’s race?

SN&R breaks down campaign contributions to each candidate By Scott Thomas Anderson Local voters will head to the polls on March 5 with more...

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City program protects renters from evictions — with families of color facing the greatest risk

By Keyshawn Davis Samuel McCurin and his son were evicted from their South Sacramento apartment in August. With the loss of his apartment, he also...

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Housing in the Capital: Vice Mayor Eric Guerra and House Sacramento’s Ben Raderstorf on the past, present and future of affordable housing

By Nick Brunner Eric Guerra has served on the Sacramento City Council since 2015, and he is currently the vice mayor. Ben Raderstorf is the...

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Race for Sacramento’s mayor: An interview with Kevin McCarty

By Lauren Reagan, Idaly Valencia and Gavin Hudson Kevin McCarty says he is running for mayor of Sacramento because he wants to give back and...

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Is middle housing the missing piece in Sacramento?

How ‘Missing Middle Housing’ could help the city reach its goals  By Ken Magri The task seems Herculean: Sacramento needs to add more than 60,000...

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Race for Sacramento’s mayor: An interview with Dr. Richard Pan

By William Duvall, Regina Lerma, Cristian Gonzalez, Trevor Harris and Liam Gravvat Dr. Richard Pan says he is running for mayor of Sacramento because he...

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A story untold: How officials, an outside group and dozens of workers losing their jobs staved off ‘a human catastrophe’ in Sacramento

Sacramento Self-Help Housing imploded, but a cadre of individuals was determined that no one would become homeless over it  By Scott Thomas Anderson Jeremy Baird...

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How Jason Jong hopes to reboot Sacramento’s creative economy

By Dakota Morlan As a lifelong percussionist, Jason Jong knows the value of having a creative outlet. He grew up performing with the Sacramento Mandarins,...

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Is an ADU for you? The City of Sacramento wants to help

By Seth Sandronsky Accessory Dwelling Units are second living areas attached or not to an existing structure on a parcel of private property. Sometimes called...

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Sacramento homeless sites expanding: One official encampment grows while an unofficial one is approved

By Ken Magri In an effort to improve Sacramento’s homeless situation, the city recently expanded its official encampment at Miller Park, allowed a second self-governing...

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Sacramento DA Threatens To Arrest City Officials

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg responded to Sacramento County DA Thien Ho’s letter about arresting city officials for issues related to homelessness.

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Sacramento receives CityStart grant to address historical disadvantages for Black communities

By Rachel Leibrock With the help of a new grant, the City of Sacramento aims to address historical economic disadvantages for people of color, particularly...

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A tale of two evictions: Black mothers report disturbing pattern of displacement in South Sacramento complex

By Marie Hoffman Sacramento is ranked as one of the most diverse cities in the U.S., but the outsized impact of the housing crisis on...

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