Stories related to: sacramento city council

Sacramento Mayor’s Contentious Budget Plan Moves Forward Without Funding For Critics’ Projects

June 5, 2019 | Bob Moffitt

The city budget committee advanced Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s plan to spend $16 million of the city’s surplus on special projects — but not an aquatic center and Olympic-sized pool in Natomas.

Bikes And Trailers Will Join Food Trucks As Legal Vendors In The City Of Sacramento

September 20, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

We've all heard of food trucks, but food bicycles? The city of Sacramento says a plan to reduce restrictions on mobile food vendors could increase the number of them by 50 percent.

Sacramento Mayor Supports Temporary Rent Control, Council Members Propose Other Tenant Protections

September 4, 2018 | Bob Moffitt | Nick Miller

Ahead of Tuesday’s special Sacramento City Council workshop on rent control, Steinberg released a statement in support of temporary limits to the amount landlords can increase rents as three council members issued a different plan.

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Housing Affordability Crisis And Solutions Discussed At Special Sacramento City Council Meeting

August 15, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

New housing and more money — those were common suggestions from a panel of housing experts that spoke at a special Sacramento City Council meeting on Tuesday.

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Sacramento City Council Puts Sales Tax Increase On November Ballot

July 31, 2018 | Nick Miller | Bob Moffitt

City officials approved a ballot measure that would renew ‘Measure U’ for the fall election. It would double the existing half-cent tax, make it permanent, and generate an estimated $100 million in annual revenue.

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Sacramento Approves Year-Round Bathroom For Homeless People

July 5, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

The Sacramento City Council has approved a plan to open a restroom year-round specifically for homeless people. But the restroom would only be open 12 hours a day.

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Sacramento To Consider Spending Up To $340 Million On Convention Center Face-Lift

June 18, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

If approved, improvements to the Convention Center, Community Center Theater and Memorial Auditorium would be finished by 2020.

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Sacramento City Council Approves Billion-Dollar Budget

June 12, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

The Sacramento City Council approved a budget worth a little more than a billion dollars at Tuesday night’s council meeting.

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Housing, Police Shootings, Homelessness — Sacramento City Council Candidates In Natomas Discuss The Issues

May 31, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

Candidates running for the District One seat say these are significant issues this election.

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Sacramento City Councilman Rescinds Endorsement Of District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert

May 11, 2018 | Bob Moffitt

Demonstrators have urged officials to take back endorsements of the DA, who is up for re-election this June.

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