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Several of those who voted no said it was too expensive, and worried about what other services would be cut in other disadvantaged areas in order to fund it.

There's growing concern over how long patients wait to be seen in Sacramento-area hospital emergency rooms. Sacramento County has some of the lengthiest emergency room wait times nationwide.

There are over 9,000 homeless people in Sacramento County, according to a federally mandated 2022 count.

Supervisor Phil Serna told ABC10 he did not intend to offend anyone over his "impassioned" Facebook posts on the Israel-Hamas war.

The Newsom administration plans to provide 350 small homes to get Sacramentans off the street. Now it is up to the city and county to make it happen.

As growth in the region slows, the Elverta Specific Plan reflects a choice for supervisors to sprawl ever outward or start focusing inside communities

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer - Sacramento County has received $1.3 million in grant funding to purchase five mobile outreach vehicles to help locals on probation overcome barriers to meeting their probation requirements and accessing other services.

The city and county worked together on a new wellness center at 14th and X streets geared toward helping homeless people.

This Sacramento program started with a gift from donor Mackenzie Scott, but local leaders kept it going.

A proposal designed to prevent landlords from harassing or retaliating against renters failed to get enough support from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.