Sacramento RegionThey slept outside Sacramento City Hall for safety. Now it will be banned.July 30, 2025 | Tony RodriguezSacramento banned overnight camping outside City Hall, ending a six-year exemption. Unhoused residents say it was one of the last safe and well-lit places to sleep.
Sacramento RegionSacramento anti-poverty crusader Faye Wilson Kennedy continues the fight despite setbacksJuly 30, 2025 | Chris NicholsFaye Wilson Kennedy returned to advocating for Sacramento’s poor and unhoused after battling cancer during the pandemic. Her work is more relevant today given federal cuts to safety net programs.
Housing and HomelessnessNew affordable housing for seniors coming to Oak ParkJuly 15, 2025 | Keyshawn DavisThe City of Sacramento approved $1.25 million in funding for a new senior affordable housing complex called Donner Field Senior Apartments in Oak Park. Construction is expected to be completed by 2027.
Housing and HomelessnessCalifornia, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agencyJuly 14, 2025Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed to simplify the state’s snarled affordable housing financing system.
Sacramento RegionSacramento may ban camping outside of City Hall, sparking criticismJuly 9, 2025 | Tony RodriguezSacramento may soon ban camping outside City Hall. Unhoused residents say it’s one of the few safe places left. A final vote is set for July 22.
