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“The only people I feel that would oppose this are the people who want to slack and cheat and connive,” one landlord said.

Union workers have won a jobs battle in the $1.3 billion renovation and expansion. The loser: nonunion contractors and workers.

In this week’s Bee Opinionated, we ask: What would you do with almost a billion dollars? Sacramento County wants to use it for a new annex at the jail.

On Tuesday evening, Sacramento County Supervisors voted to begin a process that will cost residents $1 billion to expand the County’s main jail.

Since the supervisors’ first vote in December, the cost of the jail annex has ballooned by $200 million.

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to fund a mental health annex for the Main Jail on I Street.

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - A report presented to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors reveals that American mothers, especially Black moms, have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with approximately 70 Black women dying per 100,000 live births in 2021; however, efforts by the Black Child Legacy Campaign have shown progress in reducing deaths and improving safety and well-being for Black children and families in Sacramento County.

Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost endorsed Folsom Mayor Rosario Rodriguez to succeed her in representing an area including Citrus Heights, North Highlands and Rio Linda.

The city and county committed to finalizing a new affordable housing plan back when they approved a homeless partnership deal in December.

By Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer - Public Health Advocates and Decarcerate Sacramento have called on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to address racism as a public health crisis, stating that the county has made a series of missteps that have led away from addressing racism as a public health crisis.