July 2023 - Blog & Press Highlights
City adding 60 tents to Miller Park 'Safe Ground' to help people experiencing homelessness
Organized tents at Miller Park Safe Ground
Sacramento, CA (July 11, 2023) - The City of Sacramento this week began adding 60 tents to its temporary “safe ground” camping site in Miller Park to support unsheltered residents in the community.
The Miller Park safe ground site currently hosts 17 trailers to shelter people experiencing homelessness. The site previously offered tents, but they were removed for safety reasons when severe storms struck the Sacramento region in January.
The tents have been added back to the site at the request of Mayor Darrell Steinberg and with the support of Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, who represents the district. In addition to creating more emergency shelter space in Sacramento, the site will continue to provide safety, security, sanitary services and access to other resources for people who have been living unhoused in the area.
Print & Online
Sacramento council to consider opening hundreds more tents at sanctioned campsites Aug. 1 - Sacramento Bee - July 31, 2023
Portland had the guts to find safe sites for its homeless. Does Sacramento? | Opinion - Sacramento Bee - July 31, 2023
Newsom’s $380M San Quentin State Prison revamp is underway. Here are some of the details - Sacramento Bee - July 30, 2023
Sacramento’s DA dangerously politicizes homelessness at the worst possible time | Opinion - Sacramento Bee - July 20, 2023
Photos | See conclusion of Homeless World Cup, held in Sacramento for first time - Sacramento Bee - July 16, 2023
The best plan to ease Sacramento homelessness is too hard for politicians to enact | Opinion - Sacramento Bee - July 13, 2023
Behavioral Health Reform Leaders Meet as Momentum Builds for Governor Newsom’s Historic Proposal to Fund 10,000 Community Beds & Housing Units - Office of Governor Gavin Newsom - July 12, 2023
Labor gets stuck in the drive-thru - POLITCO - July 12, 2023
The Homeless World Cup arrives in Sacramento - New York Times- July 7, 2023
‘We all stand together’: Sacramento Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities show solidarity amid hate - Sacramento Bee - July 7, 2023
Robert Nelsen says one last ‘Stingers up’ after 8 years as Sacramento State president - Sacramento Bee - July 7, 2023
Steinberg proposes giving city manager unilateral authority to find safe ground sites for homeless people - Sacramento Business Journal - July 6, 2023
Millennial Management - Comstock’s Magazine - July 4, 2023
TV & Radio
Sacramento Republic FC almost joined MLS. Could it have another chance? - Fox 40 - July 28, 2023
Mayor Steinberg says ‘we never gave up’ on an MLS team in Sacramento - SacTown Sports 1140AM - July 28, 2023
Sacramento continues work on affordable housing plan tied to city-county partnership agreement - Capital Public Radio - July, 26, 2023
Sacramento summer program gives teens a path toward politics - CBS Sacramento - July 25, 2023
Critics are wrong about Sacramento's homeless encampment efforts, mayor says - ABC 10 - July 21, 2023
City of Sacramento adding 60 tents to Miller Park temporary safe ground camping site - Fox 40 - July 12, 2023
Miller Park "safe ground" camping site sees 60 additional tents to help the homeless - CBS Sacramento - July 12, 2023
Former Sac State soccer player to coach in Homeless World Cup - Fox 40 - July 7, 2023
Sacramento mayor calls for new process to choose 'Safe Ground' sites faster to address homelessness - KCRA 3 - July 5, 2023
Sacramento mayor calls for more Safe Ground sites for the unhoused - ABC 10 - July 3, 2023
