Housing and HomelessnessSacramento mayoral candidate denounces DA’s legal fight against city over homelessness responseDecember 11, 2023 | Chris NicholsSacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho has launched a series of legal actions against the city of Sacramento, saying it has failed to enforce its own public safety and anti-camping laws. Mayoral candidate Flojaune Cofer condemned the actions.
Housing and HomelessnessVolunteers needed to count Sacramento County’s homeless population in JanuaryDecember 11, 2023 | Chris NicholsThe county’s biennial Point-In-Time Count collects demographic information about people experiencing homelessness. Results are used to determine state and federal funding for homeless services.
Sacramento County launches first-of-its-kind mobile clinic for pets of unhoused residentsDecember 6, 2023 | Chris NicholsKnown as the PAWS Clinic, the free service will focus on spaying and neutering pets while also providing vaccinations and caring for sick and injured animals. The clinic will visit local homeless shelters and encampments.
EnvironmentSacramento DA adds environmental claims to lawsuit against city over homelessness responseDecember 6, 2023 | Mike HagertySacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho amended a lawsuit against the city of Sacramento, saying unhoused residents pollute rivers and streams. Homeless advocates say recent studies show that’s untrue.
Tiny homes for unhoused residents likely won’t be placed at Cal Expo, after allDecember 5, 2023 | Chris NicholsThe state-owned site had been discussed for some of the 350 cabin-sized shelters Governor Gavin Newsom promised for Sacramento this past spring. Officials have proposed using a county-owned site on Watt Avenue.
State GovernmentSacramento region eyes new round of homeless encampment fundsNovember 29, 2023 | Chris NicholsThe state’s Encampment Resolution Funding program requires cities and counties to come up with plans for how to shelter or house people living in the camps.
Across California, eviction cases have returned to — or surpassed — pre-pandemic levelsNovember 22, 2023The number of Californians facing eviction was relatively low for years during a lengthy statewide moratorium. In the year after it ended, cases soared and still remain high in large counties.
Sacramento’s newest affordable housing community honors late developer Ali Reza YouseffiNovember 21, 2023 | Chris NicholsCalled ARY Place, the five-story complex includes 158 affordable housing units at 17th and S streets.
Sacramento shelter launches ‘Adopt a Cabin’ program to raise funds for homeless youthNovember 9, 2023 | Chris NicholsDonations will fund repairs, maintenance, landscaping and new community porches at The Grove, which opened in North Sacramento three years ago and serves unhoused youth ages 18 to 24.
Health CareOne-third of homeless veterans live in California. Newsom is backing a new plan to help themNovember 8, 2023California’s population of homeless veterans has plateaued despite billions of dollars in state spending to create housing. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to shift the state’s resources to focus on veterans with serious mental health conditions.
