The date was October 29, 2009, when I asked members of the media and community to join me on the top floor of a new building on Capitol Mall. I said, “Look out the windows and let yourself dream.” Today (March 11, 2010), the city of Sacramento began to grab hold of that dream. In a special
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It’s a monumental day for the city of Sacramento. The City Council will convene a Special Session today at 11:30 a.m. to receive the Sacramento First Task Force recommendations on a new entertainment and sports complex. The Task Force, a group of citizen volunteers, has contributed more than 900
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By R.E. Graswich, Special Assistant to Mayor Kevin Johnson: Very cool process underway at Sacramento City Hall this week: Mayor, council and public all share first bite at big news from Sacramento First Task Force. The citizen's task force spent the last four months finding ways to build a new
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The best part of my job is getting out and meeting people – Sacramento residents, visitors and especially city employees. For the past week, I’ve been moving from city department to city department, talking to the men and women who keep Sacramento moving. I’ve met with everyone from the folks who
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he City of Sacramento took a huge step forward today (February 10, 2010) in resolving the controversy over building permits in the Natomas flood zone. At a City Hall press conference attended by officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), I was joined by City Manager Ray Kerridge
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Call me Kevin “Green Shades” Johnson. I’ve had a few nicknames, but none I’ve liked as much as “Green Shades.” The idea of walking around with cool looking, green-tint sunglasses is the image I want to project for Sacramento. Our weather is perfect for sunglasses, at least 300 days per year. And
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As you may know, I announced an exciting new reform package this morning.
 
 The new package combines key aspects of the strong mayor initiative (SMI) with the additional ideas proposed by Council Members, the Charter Review Commission, and the public. The goal is to create a collaborative reform
2 Comments TeamKJ.org Admin submitted 2 years 71 days ago

Last Thursday, a California court of appeals said accountability should take a number and wait in Sacramento. Over the last 96 hours, I contemplated the consequences of waiting for City Hall to reform itself. The time for waiting is over. The question isn’t whether Sacramento should reform its
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As you may know, last Thursday the 3rd District Court of Appeal denied our request for urgency. Pundits have suggested that the court's decision was a "death blow" to the charter reform initiative to modernize Sacramento's outdated governance structure. They are wrong. We will not allow the courts
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lots of people think that yesterday’s ruling was the “death blow” to our strong mayor effort. i heard a lot of “gee, sorry” and “oh well”s yesterday. i want to let you know that my reaction has been quite the opposite. if anything, i’m more determined than ever to make sure we’re moving forward
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