MESA – February 9, 2023 – Newsletter

Hi Neighbors,

Here’s to a Happy Valentine’s Day to our neighbors! Quick update for our community:

Mayor Town Hall This Saturday at Sutter Middle School: Mayor Darrell Steinberg is hosting a Town Hall this Saturday from 10-11am. The meeting is at Sutter Middle School, 3150 I Street, Sacramento CA 95816. Please come out to hear from our mayor, and bring up issues we are facing in the neighborhood. To register, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/town-hall-with-mayor-steinberg-east-sacramento-tickets-523865946147

City Response in the Neighborhood: In the last 2 weeks the city has been actively dealing with the Capital City Freeway underpasses between 29th and 30th Streets. The E, F, G and H underpasses have had Department of Community Response, SacPD and Forensiclean out to assist campers and to make the sidewalks clear for travel.

Issues After the City’s Response: While the City came out and moved encampments from the underpasses at E, F, G and H, as well as keeping the J Street underpass clear, they have not been responsive about encampments that are now on 29th Street, F Street and G Street in Midtown. This is unacceptable. Our City leaders stressed that they would have a concerted, sensitive approach to the people living unsheltered in the area. Now unhoused people have just moved over into the Midtown neighborhood. Us Midtown neighbors are asking you to file 311 reports for any sidewalk obstructions, encampments or trash that is blocking the sidewalks in our City. Please use the “Homeless Encampment Blocking Sidewalk” toggle button when reporting it. Don’t have the 311 app on your phone? You can find it here.

Something Not Right? Call it In: We have all seen unsafe conditions in our neighborhood. If you see a situation unfolding that could cause harm to anyone, call 911. If you need to report something to our police force, but it isn’t an emergency situation, please call the SacPD non-emergency number at 916-808-5471. See a fire burning where it shouldn’t? Call Sac Metro Fire’s number at 916-228-3035. If you are having other issues, contact 311. Report issues to 311. But if you know it is an emergency, don’t hesitate—call 911.

Yellow Brick Road: We’ve been working hard to have a Safe Route to School for students walking and biking from Midtown to Sutter Middle School. We’ve had pledges of support from both Mayor Steinberg at our meeting at McKinley Park last summer and from Councilmember Valenzuela during a City Council meeting. To keep our YBR route safe for students; parents and neighbors have been chaperoning students along G Street from 28th Street along to Sutter Middle School, with attention paid to the G Street underpass. The underpasses look much safer today. But we need to keep an eye out for students walking in the underpasses, and make our City officials aware of issues we are facing. Again, See Something, Say Something. If it is an urgent matter, Call 911. Non urgent? Please call the SacPD non-emergency number at 916-808-5471. See a fire burning where it shouldn’t? Call Sac Metro Fire’s number at 916-228-3035. We also encourage you to report issues, from a loose dog, clogged storm drain, or dirty drug needles in the area to 311.

McKinley Park Trash Dash February 18th: Come out for our monthly Trash Dash at McKinley Park. This is a very family friendly event, and also a great opportunity for any local students to get community service credits. We’ll have Parks donated trash grabbers and garbage bags, and a dumpster to fill up. Come out, meet some new friends and make our park shiny. For more information on this event and other Sacramento Picks It Up events, please visit the Facebook page here: https://fb.me/e/2hoQLgQFL

ADA Class Action Lawsuit Against the City and County of Sacramento: This week an ADA Class Action lawsuit was filed against the City of Sacramento and Sacramento County. The lawsuit claims that disabled citizens were not able to use City and County sidewalks due to encampments blocking them. They are claiming this is a violation of the Americans with Disability Act and several other federal laws preventing discrimination against the disabled. To see the SacBee article about this, please visit https://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/article272274053.html

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