Covid-19Here we try to provide a local perspective on how the County handled the virus and its effect on the local economy
Jun82022Yet another Grand Jury report about Sac County Covid failureIt's no secret that Sacramento County failed miserably at using federal Covid-19 relief funds for the designated purpose. Consider parks: the Governor issued a Covid Executive Order for people to stay home. But he added that people should exercise in their local parks. And that's just what people did. All across our region, local parks were busy with walkers, joggers, playground users and dog-…
Apr52022Grand Jury report pummels Sac CountyThe Bee has reported that Sacramento County Grand Jury released a scathing report about how Sacramento County mishandled its duty to protect public health during the Covid-19 pandemic. You can read the Grand Jury report here:
Jan172022Are our countywide services dysfunctional too?In our prior reporting on our County Sheriff's apparent indifference to the public, we have noted that the Board of Supervisors holds his department's purse strings, thus co-owning responsibility for those actions. We have also pointed out that there is a difference between local law enforcement (municipal policing) and areawide law enforcement (countywide policing duties such as running the jail…
Covid-19(Updated) The Governor has said that the Covid-19 emergency is officially over as of today, February 28, 2023. The federal Covid-19 emergency is set to expire on May 11, 2023. The national and/or…