Article Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to declare a shelter crisis in Sacramento County as an important step towards implementing the Board’s directions to open and operate sanctioned encampments (called “Safe Stay Communities”). While adoption of the proposed declaration will allow staff to move with expediency on site […]
Article Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 In alignment with the State, effective immediately Sacramento County is rescinding the July 26 health order requiring all individuals to wear face coverings indoors and the Jan. 6 health order directing all public meetings be held virtually. As per the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) order, all unvaccinated individuals will continue to […]
In April of 2021, there were rumblings about a new development project proposed for the east side of 28th street between Elverta Road and U Street. At the County Board of Supervisor’s meeting this past week, those plans got a little closer to becoming reality. In April the plans were for 792 apartment units. The […]
Feels like spring is in the air and with the warming temperatures, mosquitoes are out looking to bite. “This is a typical trend that we see every year in February when we get a few days of sunny and warm weather. These mosquitoes are ones that had been hibernating during the past few months. The […]
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) cannabis enforcement program has released year-end numbers for the 2021 calendar year. CDFW investigates illegal cannabis cultivation operations to uncover and curtail operations that result in significant environmental damage. Some of the most serious environmental issues involve unauthorized streambed alterations with water diversions, habitat destruction, illegal use […]
Every other year the Sacramento region conducts a count of unsheltered people experiencing homelessness, as mandated by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the count was canceled in 2021 – the regularly scheduled timeframe and will be done in 2022 instead. Led by Sacramento Steps Forward, this […]
James (Jim/Jimmy) Peter Yearsley, age 61, passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. He was born May 4, 1960, in Boston, Mass., to Ruth Burrell Yearsley and James Yearsley. Jim grew up in Sacramento, Calif., and moved to Post Falls, Idaho, in 1994. Jim was a devoted Seventh Day […]
By: Supervisor Sue Frost Sue Frost With the rise in COVID cases across the world as a result of the omicron variant, local jurisdictions are struggling with how to properly react. Some areas like Sonoma County have now issued “shelter in place” orders, which means residents can only go to places for essential reasons, such […]
What if every person in the United States – about 333,000,000 people – had tried to hack into Sacramento County government information systems in 2021? The reality is that the amount would still be shy by roughly 27 million. Last year, there were a whopping 360 million unauthorized attempts to connect to Sacramento County information […]
The Board of Supervisors approved the initial project recommendations for Phase One Funding Allocations for the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). The funds come from the total of first allocation $150 million, which the County received in May 2021. Project proposals had to fit in one of the three Board-approved strategic investments for priority issue […]
