August 2022 - Press Highlights
Sacramento ties homelessness ballot measure to greater action by the county
Sacramento’s Department of Community Response preparing to do some outreach to tent encampments.
Sacramento (Aug. 10, 2022) The Sacramento City Council Tuesday voted to suspend the effective date of a ballot measure requiring it to build more homeless shelters until such time as Sacramento County agrees to partner with the city to provide necessary services to transition people out of homelessness.
The City measure will still be on the ballot but will not take effect until the city and county agree on a binding partnership agreement.
City Manager Howard Chan and Councilmembers pointed out that the city is not a health and human services agency. Sacramento County receives state and federal funds to provide health care to the poor and mental health and substance abuse treatment to those suffering on the street.
“If we’re going to move forward and not have a partnership with the county to provide services, we are doomed to fail,” Chan told the City Council.
Print & Online
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TV & Radio
Rob at Home – Region Rising: Mayor Darrell Steinberg - PBS KVIE - Aug. 29, 2022
9 Sacramento-area schools receive $2.2 million for walking, cycling safety improvements - ABC 10 - Aug. 25, 2022
'Absolutely is a crisis': Sacramento ordinance bans homeless camps from sidewalks, city now working with county to help with homeless - KCRA 3 - Aug. 24, 2022
'I just want to see folks off the street' | Newsom announces nearly $700M to house the homeless - ABC 10 - Aug. 24, 2022
Sacramento OKs charging homeless residents with misdemeanors for blocking sidewalks - Capital Public Radio - Aug. 24, 2022
Pat Thurston: Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on Right to Housing - KGO 810 - Aug. 22, 2022
Sacramento City Council has returned to in-person meetings for the first time - CBS Sacramento - Aug. 16, 2022
Steinberg plans to convert city buildings to renewable energy - FOX 40 - Aug. 16, 2022
Sacramento mayor makes climate push after Gov. Newsom calls for statewide action - ABC 10 - Aug. 16, 2022
'This is not ending homelessness': Advocates file complaint against Sacramento measure - KCRA 3 - Aug. 16, 2022
Sacramento amends ballot measure that would ban homeless encampments. What voters should know - Capital Public Radio - Aug. 10, 2022
Sacramento County approves camping ban along American River Parkway | Update - ABC 10 - Aug. 10, 2022
