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Sacramento launches 'Safe Parking' sites as part of new master plan for homelessness "Our hope is that we can provide better help to people and clean up areas of our city that are currently not safe and not healthy," said Mayor Darrell Steinberg. Author: Luke Cleary Updated: 6:27 PM PDT April 9, 2021 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The City of Sacramento is launching "Safe Parking" sites, which will be staffed 24-hours a day and offer social services as part of its new master plan on homelessness.  At an announcement Friday at the second safe parking site to open, loca...

Last year was challenging in more ways than one: The pandemic altered many aspects of daily life for billions of people, the once-robust national economy took a big hit, and a contentious and protracted presidential election added to the uncertainty. But 2020 will also go down in history as a time when women made remarkable advances on the political scene.  In the 2020 presidential election, women made up 53 percent of the electorate, according to the AP VoteCast survey; a record number of new congressional members are women and women of color; President Joe Biden appoint...

The point in time count is nation-wide and takes place over two nights. Andrew Nixon / Capital Public Radio With wind gusts expected to hit 50 mph in the Sacramento region Wednesday, officials are urging unhoused residents to take advantage of a city parking garage for emergency shelter. While winds are not expected to reach the 60 mph the city saw earlier this winter, it will be plenty powerful enough to cause some damage.  “It’s going to get quite windy,” said National Weather Service Meteorologist Jim Mathews. One option not in play for shelter are city-run warming centers after pos...

Consider the Rubik’s Cube challenge of assembling money to pay for an affordable housing project. In October 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office issued a statement highlighting a plan by the Capitol Area Development Authority — a joint state and Sacramento city agency — to construct an apartment building at 1322 O St. in Sacramento. Built on excess property donated by the state, it’s part of the governor’s initiative to use surplus land for affordable housing.  As endorsements go, it doesn’t get much better. If it’s built, the project will cut re...