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The city manager did not share where the new sites would be but said they would likely not be in the central city.

Sacramento City Council narrowly voted Tuesday to give City Manager Howard Chan a controversial power — the ability to open new sanctioned homeless campgrounds without council approval. It’s an atypical

The move would allow the city to clear more encampments

“I wish they’d give us more of a solid place to be, not move us every six months.”

The primary for the Sacramento City Council seat will be held March 5.

The city-sanctioned Safe Ground camp would be the first in Sacramento to open on private property. It would close after three months.

Sacramento is working on developing another so-called Safe Ground camping area, designed specifically for seniors experiencing homelessness.

The sanctioned tent encampment for roughly 60 homeless seniors will have bathrooms, showers, security, food, water and potentially dental services. The goal is to find permanent housing for the residents before 90 days.

Home. then i have a very -- a nagging niece who insisted that i get out. so i had to make sure and leave so that i could be on safe grounds. im glad i did because the effects that were seeing right now, especially when we got word back from what the storm has done to our neighboring islands in abaco and the traumatic experience that people experienced there and even some cases we have some loss of life. you know, its really heartbreaking, i feel it, we feel it. my government feels it. our countr...

Pictures from i-37, for instance. people trying to get away today. whats your assessment? >> i drove down from austin this morning and i can tell you my side of the freeway was very nice. it was empty. >> you were going in the wrong direction. >> well, i was going the wrong direction. on the northbound side on i-37 there was a steady flow of cars. it wasnt chaotic or crazy. people were driving normal. i noticed three or four texas troopers there to manage the flow of people. interestingly i note...