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Sacramento Approves ‘Safe Stay’ Parking for Unhoused Residents

Officials acknowledged the project is a short-term solution, but called it an interim step as the county adds more homeless services.

November 9, 2023 - Yahoo

Nighttime view of Sacramento River with Tower Bridge and Sacramento skyline.

ADU Permits Spike in Sacramento County

Backyard cottages, known as accessory dwelling units, are touted as one solution to the rising cost of housing.

September 14, 2023 - KCRA

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California Climate Program Offers Up to $9,500 Toward Purchase of Used EVs

Lawmakers want to ensure that electric vehicles are accessible to all Californians, particularly lower-income motorists in disadvantaged communities. Unlike other incentive programs, participants must also scrap an older, polluting vehicle.

December 14, 2019 - San Francisco Chronicle

Waste Stream

U.S. Recycling Markets in Free Fall After China Pulls Import Plug

China has stopped purchasing the recyclables that millions of Americans place curbside on recycling days, upending the industry. Recyclables are already directed toward landfills as domestic markets are sought. Berkeley, Calif. may go a novel route.

May 16, 2018 - The Wall Street Journal via MSN Money

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One of the Nation's Fastest Growing Cities Wants to Gobble Up 8,000 More Acres

After waiting more than five years, Elk Grove, one of the fastest growing cities in California and the country, will soon learn whether it can expand its planning area by another 8,000 acres to accommodate more residents.

October 13, 2013 - Sacramento Bee

Sprawl Update: Sacramento Supervisors Approve Controversial 2,700-Acre Project

As we reported last week, the central question facing the Board of Supervisors was how could they approve a project that appeared to violate a regional sustainability plan - one that they voted for as MPO members? They did - by a 4-1 vote.

February 2, 2013 - The Sacramento Bee - City News

Will CA's Famed Anti-Sprawl Law Block a Proposed Sacramento Project?

A proposed 2,700-acre development appears to conflict with the regional plan that complies with SB 375, a 2008 landmark law meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing vehice-miles-traveled. The decision rests with the Board of Supervisors.

January 25, 2013 - Sacramento Bee

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