February 2022 - Press Highlights
Mayor, Chancellor May lead groundbreaking on Aggie Square innovation campus
Members and officials from Wilton Rancheria conduct prayers and blessings outside of City hall
Sacramento (Feb. 16, 2022) The Aggie Square innovation campus on Stockton Boulevard and Second Avenue in Sacramento will start construction in the coming weeks after a celebratory groundbreaking Wednesday kicked off by UC Davis Chancellor Gary May and Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg.
Local, state and federal elected officials participated, along with leadership from Wexford Science + Technology, the project developer; and community activists who worked to ensure the $1-billion project would benefit residents in the surrounding zip codes. Read more…
Print & Online
Aggie Square groundbreaking ceremony - Sacramento Observer - Feb. 24, 2022
Pair of ballot measures would compel city, county action on homelessness - Sacramento Business Journal - Feb. 26, 2022
Meadowview artwork introduced - Sacramento Observer - Feb. 23, 2022
Steinberg calls for incentive for central city redevelopment - Sacramento Business Journal - Feb. 22, 2022
‘It may be a game changer.’ Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s new plan for downtown Sacramento - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 22, 2022
Sacramento’s ‘biggest economic initiative’ — $1 billion Aggie Square project — breaks ground - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 19, 2022
First phase of Aggie Square ready to start - Sacramento Business Journal - Feb. 16, 2022
Sacramento’s ‘biggest economic initiative’ — $1 billion Aggie Square project — breaks ground - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 16, 2022
Sacramento clears way for hospital at former Kings arena in Natomas. Will it get city money? - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 16, 2022
Another homeless ballot measure could go to Sacramento voters. Here’s what it would do - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 15, 2022
Homeless initiative could force Sacramento to build more shelters. What else would it do? - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 11, 2022
Sacramento makes it impossible for homeless to get help. How the city, county can improve - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 8, 2022
Newsom wants more money for California’s homeless. Will it get encampments off the streets? - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 6, 2022
Sacramento set to triple the size of its homeless outreach team as city revenue climbs - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 4, 2022
Sacramento is opening a new homeless ‘Safe Ground’ in a riverside park. Here’s where - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 2, 2022
A city fee increase is headed to Sacramento voters this month. Here’s what it would fund - Sacramento Bee - Feb. 2, 2022
TV & Radio
Sacramento named state’s first Prohousing Designation city - Fox40 - Feb. 24, 2022
Hundreds of volunteers cover Sacramento County to identify homeless count - Feb. 23, 2022 - CBS13
State of Downtown: Mayor Steinberg calls for major investments in downtown core - ABC10 - Feb. 22, 2022
Steinberg proposes EIFD, calls state workers back to office during State of Downtown address - Fox40 - Feb. 22, 2022
Sacramento Mayor Steinberg calls for return of state workers to offices at ‘State of Downtown’ event - KCRA3 - Feb. 22, 2022
Sacramento city, county considering ballot proposals outlawing homeless encampments on public property - Capital Public Radio - Feb. 22, 2022
Oak Park community hopes for promises kept as Aggie Square breaks ground - Fox40 - Feb. 16, 2022
Innovation Park Project at Sleep Train Arena site approved by Sacramento - Fox40 - Feb. 15, 2022
City Council approves CNU Medical Campus at former Sleep Train Arena in North Natomas - ABC10 - Feb. 15, 2022
Sacramento City Council to vote Tuesday on new plan for old Sleep Train Arena - Fox40 - Feb. 14, 2022
Sacramento moves forward with plan to spend millions on homeless crisis - Fox40 - Feb. 8, 2022
Sacramento took nearly a year to create a new ‘safe ground’ homeless shelter. We look at why it takes so long. - Capital Public Radio - Feb. 8, 2022
For Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, midyear budget could be venue for more homeless funding - KCRA3 - Feb. 7, 2022
City announces new 60-tent safe camping site for Sacramento homeless - Fox40 - Feb. 2, 2022
'Safe Ground' site set for Miller Park in Sacramento to hold up to 60 tents - ABC10 - Feb. 2, 2022
