SACRAMENTO
On the website of one of Sacramento’s most influential lobbying firms, partner Jason Kinney boasted of his close connection to Gavin Newsom, noting he has advised the governor for “nearly 14 years.”
The plug suddenly disappeared last month, days after Newsom drew national criticism for attending Kinney’s 50th birthday dinner at the famed Napa Valley restaurant the French Laundry.
The event turned into a political disaster for Newsom, drawing charges of hypocrisy at the very time the governor urged residents to avoid gatherings and stay home as much as possible amid an unprecedented surge in the coronavirus.
But the episode also exposed something that has long been the subject of quiet discussion in Sacramento: Newsom’s decision to maintain a tight relationship with Kinney, who is director of a lobbying firm with business before the governor.
A coalition of community advocacy groups called Sacramento Investment Without Displacement filed a lawsuit last week which could halt or delay construction of UC Davis’ $1.1 billion Aggie Square project, which is set to break ground next year in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood.
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Show Transcript EDIE: SACRAMENTO CITY LEADERS ARE REACTING TO A LAWSUIT FILED OVER THE AGGIE SQUARE PROJECT, THAT’S SCHEDULED TO BREAK GROUND NEXT YEA GULSTAN: A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION CALLED SACRAMEN INVESTMENT WITHOUT DISPLACEMENT FILED THE SUIT LAST WEEK. THE AGGIE SQUARE DEVELOPMENT IS PLANNED FOR AN AREA ON STOCKTON BOULEVARD IN SACRAMENTO. THE AREA IS LARGELY MADE UP PROPERTIES ALREADY OWNED BY U.C. DAVIS. THE LAWSUIT SAYS THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE A NEED FOR HOUSING IN THE AREA, DRIVING UP PRICES AND FORCING SOME CURRENT RESIDENTS OUT. THE SUIT CLAIMS THE DEVELOPMENT WILL, QUOTE, EXACERBATE EXISTING HOUSING INEQUITIES AND DRIVE DISPLACEMENT IN SOME OF SACRAMENTO’S MOST HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG SAYS THE CI
Sacramento warming centers not yet open as temperatures dip to 30s at night
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced that unhoused people will have options during the cold weather, but temperatures must dip below 32 degrees. Author: Kevin John Updated: 6:58 PM PST December 27, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. With winter officially here and temperatures already dropping into the 30s at night over the last couple weeks, Sacramento s homeless population has had to find ways to stay warm and endure the cold weather, without help from the city or county yet.
Early in December, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced that unhoused people will have options during the cold weather. One of those options includes opening downtown s Library Galleria as a warming center. However, in order for the warming center to be opened, temperatures must drop to 32 degrees or lower for multiple days.
Homeless Sacramento County Residents Who Died In 2020 Remembered At Vigil Listen
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Faye Wilson Kennedy holds a sign remembering Vanessa Diane Franklin, who died earlier this year, Monday, December 21, 2020.
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Gregory Tarola, 63.
These are the names of some of the 90-plus people who died on the streets and in homeless shelters in Sacramento County in 2020.
Advocacy groups read each person’s name Monday night during a candlelight vigil at Sacramento City Hall marking the seventh annual Interfaith Homeless Memorial.
The event was part of National Homeless Memorial Day, which is recognized in cities across California where hundreds of unhoused people succumb each year to substance abuse, heart disease, violent injuries and sometimes hypothermia. The memorials are held annually on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year.