December 2022 - Press Highlights
Partnership agreement to reduce homelessness adopted by Sacramento city and county
Mayor Steinberg joined city and county leaders on Dec. 1. From left to right (Supervisor Rich Desmond, Mayor Pro Tem Eric Guerra, Mayor Steinberg, City Manager Howard Chan, Councilmember Jeff Harris, County Executive Ann Edwards, County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy.
Sacramento, Calif. (Dec. 6, 2022) – A first-ever partnership agreement between the city and county of Sacramento to increase outreach, shelter, mental health, and substance abuse services to people experiencing homelessness was passed Tuesday by the City Council and the County Board of Supervisors.
“There’s no easy or instant solution to our crisis of homelessness, but this gives us a real path to making the situation better for our neighborhoods and for those suffering on our streets,” said Mayor Darrell Steinberg. “This is going to require us to act. That’s got to make a difference.”
The five-year agreement includes joint outreach teams and a commitment by Sacramento County to do “whatever it takes” to meet the behavioral and mental health needs of people experiencing homelessness. The County is also in the process of increasing substance abuse treatment, with the goal of adding 500 new beds.
Print & Online
Local United Way chapter, other nonprofits protest Sacramento's exclusion from state basic income pilot program - Sacramento Business Journal - Dec. 30, 2022
City officials eye finding ‘the missing middle’ in Sacramento housing - Sacramento News & Review: Solving Sacramento - Dec. 26, 2022
University of California academic workers end strike - New York Times - Dec. 23, 2022
UC graduate student workers ratify labor agreement, end historic strike with big wage gains - Los Angeles Times - Dec. 23, 2022
UAW ratifies contracts for graduate student workers, ends historic UC-wide strike - The Daily Bruin - Dec. 23, 2022
The largest strike in the nation is over after UC instructors and researchers approved their new deals - Silicon Valley Business Journal - Dec. 23, 2022
Sacramento launches American Rescue Plan Act impact hub - Smart Cities World - Dec. 21, 2022
New housing to help revitalize Stockton Blvd. - Sacramento Observer - Dec. 21, 2022
Sacramento City Council members take office - Sacramento Observer - Dec. 19, 2022
University of California, graduate student workers reach tentative deal to end weeks-long strike - The Hill - Dec. 17, 2022
University of California Academic Workers Reach Deal to End Strike - New York Times - Dec. 16, 2022
After five-week strike, UC and graduate student workers reach tentative agreement - Los Angeles Times - Dec. 16, 2022
UC reaches tentative agreement with workers, potentially ending 5-week strike - San Francisco Chronicle - Dec. 16, 2022
UC reaches tentative agreement with academic workers - Ed Source - Dec. 16, 2022
Striking students reach tentative agreement - Davis Enterprise - Dec. 16, 2022
Sacramento’s City Council just moved to the left. Here’s what to expect on big issues - Sacramento Bee - Dec. 15, 2022
‘Progress is possible.’ Watch as new Sacramento City Council members are sworn in - Sacramento Bee - Dec. 14, 2022
Sacramento City Council approves language for possible middle-income housing bonds - Sacramento Business Journal - Dec. 14, 2022
Sacramento mayor selected as mediator for UC strike negotiations - EdSource - Dec. 13, 2022
Sacramento Mayor Steinberg will mediate UC-union talks as some researchers return to work - Sacramento Bee - Dec. 12, 2022
Sacramento's mayor has agreed to mediate between UC and striking instructors - Sacramento Business Journal - Dec. 12, 2022
City, County unanimously approve partnership to fight homelessness - Sacramento Observer - Dec. 09, 2022
Sacramento, California, to add protected bike lanes - Smart Cities Dive - Dec. 07, 2022
Is the new Sacramento city-county homeless agreement a ‘game-changer’? It needs to be - Sacramento Bee - Dec. 06, 2022
Steinberg: 'County is stepping up big time' on homeless partnership agreement - Sacramento Business Journal - Dec. 02, 2022
This is what's in the Sacramento city, county homeless agreement, mayor explains - Sacramento Bee - Dec. 01, 2022
Sacramento governments to open homeless shelter, mental health center under new agreement - Dec. 01, 2022
TV & Radio
University of California workers end strike, ratify contract - KCRA 3 - Dec. 24, 2022
UC workers ratify labor agreement with historic increases, more - ABC 10 - Dec. 23, 2022
Striking UC Workers Ratify Labor Deal with University - KFI AM 640 - Dec. 23, 2022
Curious how Sacramento is spending COVID relief funds? City dashboard breaks it down - Capital Public Radio - Dec. 22, 2022
Drafting the deal: How Sacramento's mayor helped UC workers, university reach tentative agreement - KCRA 3 - Dec. 21, 2022
Striking UC workers begin voting on tentative labor deal with university - KPBS - Dec. 19, 2022
Sacramento’s latest homeless plan: Help people directly at encampments - Capital Public Radio - Dec. 19, 2022
Students supportive of U.C. Workers deal as strike reaches end - CBS Sacramento - Dec. 17, 2022
University of California workers reach deal to end strike - KCRA 3 - Dec. 16, 2022
University of California reaches deal with striking grad student workers - NBC News - Dec. 16, 2022
Sacramento City Council will be majority women for second time ever - KCRA 3 - Dec. 13, 2022
Sacramento City Council guide: Here’s what it does and how residents can engage with it - Capital Public Radio - Dec. 13, 2022
Sacramento County Grand Jury | Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg | “A Music of their Own” Capital Public Radio Podcast - Capital Public Radio - Dec. 08, 2022
"A plan that's going to change lives": Sacramento city, county leaders approve new efforts to get homeless off the streets - CBS Sacramento - Dec. 06, 2022
Sacramento city, county leaders approve plan for more shelter beds, homeless outreach teams - KCRA 3 - Dec. 06, 2022
City and county of Sacramento reach ‘long overdue’ deal on addressing homelessness - Capital Public Radio - Dec. 01, 2022
Sacramento city and county leaders announce 'groundbreaking' partnership to address homelessness - KCRA 3 - Dec. 01, 2022
Sacramento city, county announce new plans to combat homeless crisis - ABC 10 - Dec. 01, 2022
County to commit more resources in Sacramento to address homelessness - Fox 40 - Dec. 01, 2022
Call to action on World Aids Day as Sacramento listed as top hot spot for HIV cases - KCRA 3 - Dec. 01, 2022
