2024
January 29, 2024
Sacramento's Martin Luther King Jr. Library wants to hear your ideas for upcoming remodel
Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang said residents have until Feb. 20 to answer a survey asking what people want to see in a library remodel.
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February 5, 2024
This Sacramento councilwoman may be unopposed, but she’s still the right pick for D8 | Opinion
Even though she’s running unopposed, Sacramento City Councilwoman Mai Vang is still campaigning to retain her District 8 seat. “I still feel like I do have an opponent,” she said, “and that opponent is making sure that our voters turn out.”
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February 12, 2024
Meadowview Farmer's Market receiving $500,000 for future launch in Sacramento
Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang said she expected the funds for a future Meadowview Farmer's Market to arrive sometime in 2024.
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February 22, 2024
Sacramento spent $57 million on homeless response in 2023, audit shows
A Sacramento City Hall audit is showing just how much money taxpayers spent on homeless response in the past year – and it's a lot.
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March 7, 2024
Meadowview Farmers Market coming to South Sacramento, council member says
Sacramento City Council Member Mai Vang and her team held a community meeting Thursday about the new Meadowview Farmers Market.
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April 10, 2024
Sacramento City Council discusses vacant Meadowview site 2 years after paying $12.3 million for it
The City of Sacramento is planning to hold another round of community meetings on what to do with vacant land it bought in Meadowview two years ago.
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April 10, 2024
Sacramento City Council considers what to do with 102-acre Meadowview property
The city of Sacramento has a better understanding of what it can do with the 102-acre lot purchased in the Meadowview in 2022 after city staff made their first report to the city council on Tuesday.
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April 10, 2024
Sports complex, housing and shopping named as potential uses for 102-acre Meadowview land
South Sacramento community members influenced city staff to draft an analysis of the best and most popular ideas for the 102-acre plot of Meadowview land.
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April 18, 2024
What does the future hold for this vacant 102-acre site in South Sacramento?
This large, vacant City-owned property has received a significant amount of attention and speculation in recent years. What does the future hold for the 102-acre site in South Sacramento, which the City purchased in 2022 from the federal government for $12.3 million?
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April 20, 2024
This Sacramento City councilwoman could be the rare politician who keeps her promises | Opinion
Politics are too often full of broken promises. Often, the best we can hope for is that someone is paying attention, and holding the powerful to account. Sometimes that’s a journalist, sometimes it’s a public citizen and sometimes — though rarely — it’s a politician.
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June 6, 2024
Meadowview Certified Farmers Market debuts this weekend. Here's what to know
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's been a long time coming, but the Meadowview Certified Farmers Market makes its debut Sunday, June 9.
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June 7, 2024
Celebrate the opening of Meadowview’s new year-round farmers market June 9
Sacramentans are invited to join local officials in celebrating the grand opening of the Meadowview Certified Farmers Market, a weekly, year-round market set to provide fresh, local produce to the community.
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June 9, 2024
New Farmers Market Serves Food Desert in Sacramento’s Meadowview
CALIFORNIA—Today, the Meadowview Certified Farmers Market opens at the Meadowview Light Rail Station in Sacramento. The kick-off started with a traditional Mexican dance.
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June 12, 2024
City of Sacramento approves budget, reducing or avoiding some anticipated cuts
The Sacramento City Council approved a budget on Tuesday after months of discussing how to close a $66 million deficit.
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June 25, 2024
Meadowview farmers’ market combats South Sacramento’s food desert, brings community together
Mira Cukrov hasn’t been to a farmers’ market since she moved to Southland Park. She said it’s been hard to find one with the specific produce she’s looking for in her new neighborhood, and she’s resorted to buying the majority of her shopping at grocery stores.
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July 17, 2024
Sacramento community advocates prepare listening sessions on racial equity resolution
Community advocates are preparing to ask for feedback on a racial equity resolution for the city of Sacramento in listening sessions over the next six weeks.
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August 14, 2024
City leaders ask residents what to build at vacant 102-acre site in south Sacramento
SACRAMENTO – There's a push to develop a major plot of land in south Sacramento that's been sitting vacant for more than two years.
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September 11, 2024
'An economic opportunity': City leaders, south Sacramento residents discuss future of unused land
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —Two years after the city of Sacramento bought 102 acres of unused land in the Meadowview neighborhood for $12.3 million, its future is still uncertain.
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November 13, 2024
Sacramento delays reparations and racial equity vote after ‘major changes,’ official says
While reviewing resolutions focused on racial equity and reparations, Councilwoman Mai Vang called out the city manager’s office for making “major changes” ahead of a vote Tuesday afternoon.
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November 25, 2024
Sacramento’s Food Justice Grant Program distributes over 1.2 million pounds of food to underserved communities
The City of Sacramento has concluded its Food Justice Grant Program, a $1 million initiative launched in 2023 during the COVID-19 pandemic to combat food insecurity in vulnerable communities.
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December 6, 2024
Sacramento City Council reaffirms commitment to racial equity and community
Sacramento (Dec. 6, 2024) - On Tuesday, the Sacramento City Council unanimously passed two resolutions to outline and reaffirm the City’s commitment to racial equity and continue exploration of potential reparations for African Americans in Sacramento.
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