November 2021 - Press Highlights
Mayor introduces right to housing, obligation to accept for unhoused city residents
Homeless man on levee near Cal Expo
Sacramento (Nov. 15, 2021) Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Monday proposed that the City of Sacramento adopt a first-in-the-nation right to housing and obligation to accept housing if offered.
The right would take effect January 1, 2023, for every unsheltered resident who was previously housed for at least one year in the city limits. Each person offered at least two forms of shelter or housing would have an obligation to accept one, or they could be moved from their camping site.
The proposed ordinance went to the City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. for an initial discussion and referral to the Law & Legislation Committee. Mayor Steinberg stressed that he will continue working with housing advocates, the business community, neighborhood representatives and his colleagues in the weeks ahead to refine the measure. Read more…
Print & Online
Make this group of people pay for California homelessness relief - SFGate - Nov. 30, 2021
Mayors scramble for face time with Buttigieg with billions of infrastructure dollars at stake - Miami Herald - Nov. 29, 2021
Sacramento is debating what to do with its beloved zoo. We have an answer. - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 28, 2021
Column: Ban homeless encampments everywhere? It might have more support than liberals think - Los Angeles Times - Nov. 27, 2021
Mayor Steinberg: Aggie Square community benefits deal proves political unity is possible - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 25, 2021
‘Thankful to be together again.’ More than 26,000 come out for Run to Feed the Hungry - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 25, 2021
Natomas prepares for annual tree lighting event - Natomas Buzz - Nov. 24, 2021
Is Sacramento’s ‘ANSAR’ coalition the answer to Afghanistan refugees’ housing struggles? - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 24, 2021
A plan to give homeless people the right to housing roils Sacramento - Los Angeles Times - Nov. 19, 2021
Call for safety upgrades, community funding in wake of Sacramento double shooting - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 18, 2021
Sacramento mayor’s ‘right to housing’ plan for the homeless likely moving forward - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 17, 2021
Judge finds Omar Ameen can be removed from US, rejects claims Sacramento resident was terrorist - Fresno Bee - Nov. 16
New agreement with union clears legal hurdle for Aggie Square - Sacramento Business Journal - Nov. 16, 2021
Sacramento mayor proposes city clear homeless camps where campers offered 2 types of shelter - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 15, 2021
To treat homelessness, Sacramento mayor wants a right to housing law. Why it needs support - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 15, 2021
‘It’s about our values.’ Sacramento’s new community engagement director gets to work - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 14, 2021
Stay curious: SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity opens along Sacramento riverfront - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 14, 2021
Power station reborn as science and curiosity museum - UC Davis Blog - Nov. 12, 2021
A star is born - Sactown Magazine - November/December 2021 Issue
Could a proposed Natomas project help Elk Grove's Sacramento Zoo bid? - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 5, 2021
Sacramento City Council to honor indigenous people at meetings - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 5, 2021
While thousands sleep outdoors, Sacramento has dozens of tiny homes and trailers in storage - Sacramento Bee - Nov. 3, 2021
TV & Radio
Miami, Sacramento mayors explain how infrastructure law could help cities across U.S. - Jose Diaz Balart Reports, MSNBC - Nov. 30, 2021
State-of-the-art sports complex in Del Paso Heights partly opens with futsal courts - KTXL Fox40 - Nov. 29, 2021
Sacramento’s first elected female mayor, Anne Rudin, has died at 97 - Capital Public Radio - Nov. 29, 2021
Anne Rudin, first woman elected mayor of Sacramento, has died - KFBK News Radio - Nov. 29, 2021
Sacramento’s first woman elected mayor Anne Rudin dies at 97 - KCRA3 - Nov. 27, 2021
Anne Rudin, Sacramento’s first woman elected mayor has died - ABC10 - Nov. 27, 2021
Sacramento receives $500K in COVID-19 funds for local artists hit hard by pandemic - ABC10 - Nov. 26, 2021
Mayor Darrell Steinberg, community leaders launch coalition for Afghanistan refugee resettlement efforts - ABC10 - Nov. 22, 2021
Police say uncle killed niece, man in Sacramento shooting - KCRA3 - Nov. 18, 2021
Sacramento Mayor’s “right to housing” proposal nearing vote - KABC790 - Nov. 18. 2021
Sac Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s “right to housing” plan to curb homelessness - KFBK93.1 - Nov. 17, 2021
Sacramento City Council to discuss Mayor Steinberg’s ‘Right to Housing’ homeless ordinance - KCRA3 - Nov. 16, 2021
Sacramento City Council to review Mayor Steinberg’s homeless plan - KTXL Fox40 - Nov. 16, 2021
Sacramento could obligate homeless residents to accept shelter under mayor’s ‘right-to-housing’ ordinance - Capital Public Radio - Nov. 15, 2021
Sacramento leaders want government meetings to begin with acknowledgment of historical Indigenous and tribal lands - Capital Public Radio - Nov. 15, 2021
Proposal on right to housing, obligation to accept up for discussion at Sacramento council meeting - ABC10 - Nov. 15, 2021
SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity opens this weekend in Sacramento - KCRA3 - Nov. 12, 2021
Veterans Day celebrations resume across Sacramento area after pandemic hiatus - CBS13 - Nov. 11, 2021
NAACP condemns racist threats targeting high school vice principal - KTXL Fox40 - Nov. 11, 2021
Steinberg: Number of vaccinated Sacramento city employees drastically increased - KCRA3 - Nov. 3, 2021
City officials to vote on Sleep Train Arena redevelopment plans - CBS13 - Nov. 1, 2021
