September 2023 - Blog & Press Highlights
Sacramento City Council votes to boost staff devoted to police oversight
Police Chief Kathy Lester presents on her department’s proposal
Sacramento, CA (Sept. 12, 2023) Members of the Sacramento City Council Tuesday approved 12 new positions to boost oversight of the Sacramento Police Department and ensure its policies reflect the best national practices for protecting the public.
Six of the new positions will be added in the Office of Public Safety Accountability, two in the City Attorney’s Office and four in the Police Department. The cost of the new positions will be $1 million for this fiscal year and $1.8 million annually going forward, which will come from the City’s General Fund.
Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the new positions would allow the city to improve oversight. “I think today is real progress,” he said.
Print & Online
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TV & Radio
'Force of nature': 2 Sacramento mayors remember Dianne Feinstein - KCRA 3 - Sep. 29, 2023
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California's Dianne Feinstein, longest serving woman in the Senate, has died at 90 - Capital Public Radio - Sep. 29, 2023
Sacramento-area politicians remember Sen. Dianne Feinstein - CBS Sacramento - Sep. 29, 2023
Site of former Sacramento Bee building could become large housing development - KCRA 3 - Sep. 26, 2023
Sacramento Mayor tours Norwegian prisons as part of effort to remake San Quentin - Fox 40 - Sep. 20, 2023
Inside California's landmark mental health reforms - KQED: Political Breakdown - Sep. 15, 2023
Sacramento turns to 'micro apartments' to ease affordable housing crunch - Capital Public Radio - Sep. 11, 2023
Sacramento City Attorney responds to DA's letter requesting action regarding homelessness - KCRA 3 - Sep. 8, 2023
Sacramento City Council 'agrees' with majority of critical homelessness response report - ABC 10 - Sep. 1, 2023
