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Front Street Animal Shelter
Increased euthanasia rates, animals released without spaying/neutering, healthy cats turned away, 1,000-plus service calls awaiting a response.
Articles
- Under Her Watch*
- Disturbing Allegations
- Sac Bee Article – She ran the LA animal Shelters. Why couldn’t she fix the problems?
- Sac Bee Article – LA found she bullied Black staff. Now she manages Sacramento’s animal shelter
- Where is Animal Control?
- Too Little, Too Late
- It’s The Law
- Left Behind
- No Excuse
- Advisory Void
- Where’s the Urgency
- Fixing Front Street
- Fight for Ferals
- Where is Spay and Neuter
- Calls for Help
- On Deaf Ears
- Worse Than Imagined
- Tell It to Waffles
- No More Bellas
- Stop the Breeding
* Newest article
Empty Old Sac Waterfront Site
Rio City Cafe closed after landlord—the city—failed to maintain outdoor dining deck. City loses $250,000 annual rent from mothballed restaurant. Eighty jobs lost.
Southside Pool Closure
Public pool serves low income and minority residents. Closed by city for repairs in 2022. As Assembly member, Mayor Kevin McCarty secured $500,000 to offset repairs. Still closed.
Articles
* Newest article
Pedestrian Deaths
More than 250 people killed by vehicles since 2017, when city adopted “Vision Zero” to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries on city streets by 2027.
American River Levee
Up to 700 trees and miles of habitat face destruction on American River Army Corps project, threatening wildlife and recreation. Residents want less disruptive approach to flood control.
Articles
- Spot Fix It
- American River Trees
- Sac Bee Article – Hundreds protest razing trees on Sacramento’s American River. ‘This affects all’
- Sac Bee Article – Levee project could remove hundreds of trees along the American River, Sacramento group warns
- Sac Bee Article – Board approves plan to raze 600 trees on American River Parkway in Sacramento
- ABC 10 Article – Concerns grow over tree clearing along American River for flood infrastructure plan
- KCRA Article – Residents concerned flood prevention project along American River Parkway could threaten wildlife
- CBS News Article – Trees along American River are on the chopping block for flood control
- Protection Not Devastation
- Fight or Flight
* Newest article
Tiny Homes for Unhoused
City, county and state officials acquired 100 tiny houses for homeless people in 2022, but the dwellings sit empty due to red tape and location disputes.
Bicycle Bridge over I-5
City ordered $12 million bike bridge at I-5 and Riverside demolished because of substandard concrete and rebar. City won’t explain why quality control procedures didn’t work.
Sac River Levee Public Access
Levee parkway and bike trail promised to Pocket-Greenhaven community in 1975, still not completed. City fearful of lawsuits by handful of anti-river access residents.
