The McKinley Park playground is a place where childhood memories are made. Kids climb towers, race across bridges and explore the play area.
But the playground shows its age. Paint has faded. Surfaces need cleaning. Some equipment needs repairs. Rather than wait for someone to restore it, it’s time for the community to step up.
The task is nothing new.
The homelessness crisis is often framed as a housing crisis. It is not.
Homelessness is a crisis born from the collapse of accountability at every level of the system. The consequences are visible in neighborhoods across Sacramento.
In 2016, California became the only state to formally adopt the federal government’s Housing First mandate as its sole taxpayer-funded approach to homelessness. Billions in state and federal dollars went toward subsidized-for-life apartments with no accountability for sobriety, treatment or work—ever.
Sacramento prides itself on civic engagement, transparency and strong public institutions. That’s why the ongoing crisis at Capital Public Radio strikes a deep nerve.
Recent reporting by the Bee shows this is not simply a personnel problem but a breakdown of oversight, governance and institutional accountability by the radio stations and their license holder, Sacramento State University.
CapRadio is not just another media outlet. As the region’s NPR affiliate, it plays a central role in civic life and depends on listener donations and public trust.
Now is the time to walk the dirt trails between the lower American River and the paved bike path.
The air is fresh. The river runs high. Wildflowers bloom. Oaks, cottonwoods and willows canopy the trails. The water is alive with geese, ducks, herons and egrets. Pond turtles sun on logs.
To know the magnificence of the parkway is to understand why so many people, now and in the past, devote their lives to protecting it.
If the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ latest erosion-control project comes to fruition, as many as 700 trees, including 300-year-old heritage oaks, acres of riparian forest and established woodlands will be destroyed.
Sacramento prides itself on civic engagement, transparency and strong public institutions. That’s why the ongoing crisis at Capital Public Radio strikes a deep nerve.
Recent reporting by the Bee shows this is not simply a personnel problem but a breakdown of oversight, governance and institutional accountability by the radio stations and their license holder, Sacramento State University.
CapRadio is not just another media outlet. As the region’s NPR affiliate, it plays a central role in civic life and depends on listener donations and public trust.
