MESA – May 27, 2023 – Newsletter

McKinley Park Trash Dash Tomorrow, Sunday May 28th: 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. Our group will be out there from 10 am until noon, meeting up by the duck pond. For more information on this event and other Sacramento Picks It Up events, please visit the Facebook page here: https://fb.me/e/7KywbsjSl

Our Sutter Middle School Bike Rodeo was a Success:  Last week we had several Sutter Miners riding with our volunteers and parents through the neighborhood and up to Sutter’s Landing Park for our Bike Rodeo.  Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates Rodeo Champ Pierson led the group around town and through a safety course up at the park.  He also gave a bike safety overview and did tune-ups up at Sutter’s Landing.  The funnest rodeo event was the SLOW race—going slow through a slalom course as slow as possible is quite challenging.

Thank you to our Bike Rodeo Sponsors!  We had great raffle prizes donated by several local businesses.  First of all, big shout out to Mike’s Bikes in Midtown Sacramento.  They again donated a free bike, and our winner was ecstatic.  He had grown out of his daily rider, and the new bike fit him to a T.  Our raffle also included donations from :

• East Sac Bikes
• One Speed Pizza
• Selland’s Market Cafe
• Tiferet by the Park
• Refill Madness
• Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen
• CookBrown LLP
• HelmetDiva
• Refreshments for the riders were provided by the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op.
• And to cool us all down afterwards, Kona Ice was sponsored by Lorraine Garrison and East Sacramento Preservation

Stop by our sponsors’ businesses and say thank you!  And of course, support our local businesses whenever you can.  

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. Do you love social media? Follow SacPD on Nextdoor, Facebook and Twitter. @SacPolice @SPD_Field Ops

ADA Class Action Lawsuit Against the City and County of Sacramento: An ADA Class Action lawsuit was filed against the City of Sacramento and Sacramento County. The lawsuit claims that disabled citizens are 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.

Are you disabled and have had issues with blocked sidewalks? We are working with fellow MESA member and attorney Louis Demas to gather information about City and County residents who have had issues. We have a form on our website here to submit issues: https://midtowneastsac.org/ada-lawsuit/. Involved with an organization serving the disabled? Please email info@midtowneastsac.org and we can give you additional information that may help disabled people within the organization.

Fundraising for ADA Lawsuit Expenses:  With the lawsuit in progress, Attorney Louis Demas is going to have some expenses arise.  Mr. Demas is representing the plaintiffs on a pro bono basis so they will not have to pay any attorneys fees.  If you are able to help with expenses please send a tax deductible donation to Friends of East Sacramento.  You can find more information on this here.

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