2025
May 16, 2025
Some Sacramento council members to decline salary raise. Here’s who and why
Councilmember Mai Vang released a statement Friday afternoon saying she would not accept the pay increase and would request the city clerk redirect the money back into her district to “better support community needs.”
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May 21, 2025
Tiny homes for homeless housing could be coming to a second Sacramento lot. See where
Vang called upon her colleagues who do not have homeless sites in their districts to take action. “I’m hoping my colleagues who do not have a shelter or do not have a Homekey project will step up,” Vang said.
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June 9, 2025
Sacramento council to restore funding for youth events, parking permits for residents
Vang proposed cutting five vacancies and eliminating the department’s ShotSpotter program — an acoustic gunshot detection system. “I encourage my colleagues to make budget decisions driven by real people who need our help in this critical moment, and not based on fear,” Vang said.
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June 11, 2025
Sacramento passes budget without layoffs but warns of $90M future deficit
Vang, who voted against the budget for the third straight year, used some of her comments to recall a community survey taken last year on budget priorities. In the survey, residents identified the police department as their preferred number one reduction option. “Until we transform how we allocate these resources to achieve our collective goals, we will continue to fail the outcomes that our community is demanding,” Vang said.
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July 7, 2025
As deportation fears come home to Sacramento, city officials and nonprofits try to form a phalanx of hope
With such uncertainty and fear rippling through Sacramento, city officials like Councilmember Mai Vang are working to strengthen efforts around protecting the local undocumented community. “This year, we renewed the funding for the FUEL network,” Vang says, “which provides critical resources for our immigrant, refugee and undocumented community in Sacramento.”
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August 28, 2025
Sacramento's ban on sleeping around city hall takes effect as city unveils new tiny homes
The ban on sleeping around Sacramento City Hall at all hours of the day went into effect Thursday.
Councilmember Mai Vang for District 8 strongly opposed the ban when it went before the city council this summer.
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