Only nice words must be said about the city’s eminent domain actions against NIMBY residents in Pocket and Little Pocket.
The NIMBY are people who tried every trick to delay the Sacramento River Parkway Bike Trail, a regional gift promised 51 years ago.
By using eminent domain to secure riverfront easements north of Garcia Bend Park, the city shows it’s ready to pave bike trail gaps from Freeport to Old Sac and onto Folsom.
Another Sacramento State football season fumbles to a close without a national championship. I wonder how different things would be if the Hornets played at Cal Expo.
You remember Cal Expo. Home of the State Fair, sanctuary of corn dogs, Tilt-A-Whirls, 4-H lambs and horse racing. Until it wasn’t.
Cal Expo is adrift, a fairground with dwindling crowds and no future. Horse racing shut down two years ago without serious explanation.
I was right when I said the city needs to post signs on major streets telling cyclists to stop riding on sidewalks. I was wrong when I said the city has no such signs posted anywhere.
Turns out there are two signs ordering cyclists and skateboarders to stay off the sidewalk. Problem is both are posted where most people who live in Sacramento will never see them.
The signs are bolted to yellow wooden walls at the Central Pacific Railroad Depot on Front Street in Old Sac.
At last, the wheels of justice turn for public access to the Sacramento River.
After stalling for 51 years, the city is grabbing easements via eminent domain along the Pocket levee. The process shuts down outrageous claims by property owners who think they own the river.
The eminent domain process ends a half-century fight by homesteaders near the levee to stop the city from completing the river parkway bike trail.
I’m always thinking up ways to help the Kings win. Been trying for 41 years.
Traditional strategies—smart draft picks, wise trades, astute coaching decisions, brilliant front-office moves—are the stuff of fantasy.
Now a new season arrives. Things look worse than ever.
Voters get to skip the chore of picking a new City Council in November. The city election was canceled, blessedly, when all four incumbents won their seats in the June primary.
I don’t always fall for incumbents. Council shakeups can be good. But this year, after talking to some of the people who wanted to replace them, I knew incumbents were the way to go.
Several people who ran against City Council incumbents didn’t know much about city government. They didn’t know how municipal budgets work, didn’t understand the difference between what labor unions expect and what’s best for the public, didn’t grasp why zoning decisions are paramount.
