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No audit, now what Mayor Johnson? Whatever you do, don’t ask Ray Tretheway
By M. Johnston • May 17th, 2009 |During the 2008 mayoral campaign Mayor KJ promised countless citizens and journalists he was going to manage the city’s budget a lot better than the [deposed] Queen Mayor Fargo had. When asked how he would do that, his response was always the same: A top down audit of the city’s finances to uncover government waste. [...]
Read the rest of the story»EXclusionary housing on council radar this coming Tuesday
By M. Johnston • Feb 7th, 2009 |Agenda item #18 for this coming Tuesday’s city council meeting is as follows:
Inclusionary Housing Workshop [To Be Delivered] (Updated on 2-6-09 at 9:35 a.m.)
Location: (Citywide)
Recommendation:Review results of economic analysis and neighborhood research. Provide direction on potential framework for changes to Mixed Income Housing (Inclusionary) Ordinance. Contact: Lisa Bates, Deputy Executive Director, (916) 440-1330, Cindy Cavanaugh, [...]
“We don’t judge”: The spirit of philanthropy is alive and well at Sacramento’s Loaves and Fishes
By M. Johnston • Nov 23rd, 2008 |Note: if you have difficulty playing this video here, please view directly on youtube.com here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5qlv7CAbjI
John Dahilig and I had the honor of meeting with Loaves and Fishes Procurement Director Alan Kleinman this past Saturday. We set out to interview him to ask some questions about common misconceptions about homelessness. We learned far more than [...]
Sacramento Police seeking to bridge trust gap with residents find new opportunities in racial profiling report
By M. Johnston • Aug 9th, 2008 |Heads are spinning, nodding, shaking, and probably rolling tonight after local officials released a commissioned report stating blacks (and Hispanics to a lesser degree), are two times more likely to be pulled over than Whites and Asians in SOME AREAS in the city of Sacramento.
I read through the report last night (not recommended). Looks [...]
