September 2021 - Press Highlights
X Street Navigation Center to bring in residents Sept. 21, outreach to surrounding encampments has already begun
The X Street Navigation Center, located near Broadway and Alhambra Boulevard, will officially open Sept. 21 to serve up to 100 people experiencing homelessness. The Center will be operated by Volunteers of America who are also operating the Meadowview Center.
In addition to shelter, the facility will provide recovery assistance, medical care, financial counseling, and housing-placement services to help people transition from homelessness into more permanent housing. Read more…
Print & Online
Reparations for Black Americans are becoming a local issue - The New York Times - Sep. 25, 2021
How Mayor Darrell Steinberg kept ‘Hamilton’ from getting canceled in Sacramento - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 23, 2021
Don’t be fooled: California’s new housing laws make significant changes to zoning - Los Angeles Times - Sep. 22, 2021
Downtown development could be a boon for region - Sacramento Observer - Sep. 22, 2021
137 homeless people died in Sacramento County in 2020, 36% in winter. What’s being done? - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 21, 2021
How a new city team is responding to resident calls about Sacramento homeless camps - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 20, 2021
New lawsuit could halt Sacramento’s $100 million homeless shelter and tiny home plan - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 20, 2021
Sacramento health office reversed recommendation to close school with COVID outbreak - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 15, 2021
Business leaders talk importance of Sacramento's $29 million investment of federal funds - Sacramento Business Journal - Sep. 15, 2021
Encounter someone in a mental health crisis? Here are non-police numbers to call in Sacramento - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 13, 2021
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg tests positive for COVID-19, will quarantine at home - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 12, 2021
Sacramento mayor and councilwoman are ‘frustrated and angry’ after Land Park woman’s death - Sacramento Bee - Sep. 8, 2021
TV & Radio
Safety concerns rise following recent string of shootings in Old Sac - 93.1 KFBK - Sep. 30, 2021
How Mayor Steinberg plans to address recent shootings in Old Sacramento - ABC10 - Sep. 28, 2021
Negotiations underway to relocate Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove - KCRA3 - Sep. 23, 2021
Mayor Steinberg joins Biden-Harris new homelessness initiative launch - ABC10 - Sep. 20, 2021
K Street hopeful for a downtown renaissance as Hamilton debuts at new performing arts center - ABC10 - Sep. 15, 2021
Shootings, mental health calls increasing so far in 2021, Sacramento police say - KCRA3 - Sep. 15, 2021
Family of slain Land Park woman say suspect’s prior release from jail 'a monumental failure' - ABC10 - Sep. 8, 2021
‘Our system is broken’: Sacramento city leaders push for prison release changes after Land Park killing - CBS13 Sacramento - Sep. 8, 2021
Call 988: California finds $20M to help pay for new crisis hotline - KRON4 - Sep. 6, 2021
