<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>kevinjohnson.com</title><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com</link><description>Sacramento Mayor, Kevin Johnson, is dedicated to building a world class city that works for everyone.</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>Copyright 2010 by c.Spot InterWorks; TeamKJ.org</copyright><webMaster>info@teamkj.org</webMaster><item><title>New Sacramento arena would bring big economic benefits, study says</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Advocates of a new downtown Sacramento sports arena rolled out a study Thursday tha...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=841</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=841</guid></item><item><title>President Obama Discusses Economic Growth with America’s Mayors</title><description> President Barack Obama meets with the U.S. Conference of Mayors leadership to discuss the economy a...</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=842</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=842</guid></item><item><title>St. Hope, Rocklin Academy listed among top performing charters in state</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Two Sacramento-area schools made the list of the top 10 performing charters in the ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=843</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=843</guid></item><item><title>Here We Build Executive Committee Members</title><description> Click here to view a list of the Here We Build Executive Committee members. </description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=838</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=838</guid></item><item><title>EPA Chief Supports Green Jobs In Sac</title><description> Capital Public Radio: The nation’s top environmental official says the best way for the Sacramento ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=844</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=844</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Bee: Viewpoints: Case for high-speed rail grows only stronger</title><description> By Edwin Lee, Kevin Johnson, Chuck Reed, Ashley Swearengin and Antonio Villaraigosa The last time m...</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=833</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=833</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Johnson plans 60-member arena commission</title><description> In his quest to convince residents from Lincoln to Galt that paying for a new sports arena in downt...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=834</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=834</guid></item><item><title>CSU Sacramento Commencement Video</title><description> Mayor Kevin Johnson addresses CSU Sacramento Graduates http://www.csus.edu/pa/video/ 20110521_Comme...</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=832</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=832</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Press: </title><description> Big names draw a large crowd at education forum The Guild Theater in Oak Park was host to a forum a...</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=835</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=835</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Fan support for Kings turned tide</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Editorial by NBA Commissioner David Stern I have assured Mayor Johnson, Rep. Matsui...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=828</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=828</guid></item><item><title>Mayor KJ pivotal in keeping NBA in Sacramento</title><description> Associated Press: The day he departed for the biggest meeting of his life, Kevin Johnson clicked on...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=829</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=829</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Bee: Thousands attend Kings rally, mayor to represent team at NBA Draft lottery</title><description> Thousands of rowdy Sacramento Kings fans, many in jerseys and a few waving cowbells, turned downtow...</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=837</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=837</guid></item><item><title>Kings checkmated by money, luck</title><description> ESPN.com: I know three things about Sacramento: the Kings play there, the governor lives there and ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=825</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=825</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson's NBA Meeting Press Conference 4.14.11 </title><description> View Mayor Johnson's NBA Board of Governors post-meeting press conference here: http://www.nba.com/...</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=819</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=819</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Burkle Group Partner Darius Anderson on Sacramento Kings</title><description> "We want to thank Mayor Kevin Johnson for his efforts to keep the Kings and the NBA in Sacramento. ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:53:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=817</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=817</guid></item><item><title>Kings' Blog: New plan emerges to buy Kings or bring new team to Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: NEW YORK - A stunning new proposal to buy the Sacramento Kings or bring another tea...</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:54:13 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=816</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=816</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson conducts 'State of the Schools' address</title><description> Sacramento Press: Joined by Russlynn Ali, assistant secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Departme...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=806</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=806</guid></item><item><title>Johnson vows Kings arena effort will move forward, despite relocation rumors</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a statement issued Sunday evening, Mayor Kevin Johnson said he intends to move f...</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=798</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=798</guid></item><item><title>Audio: Capital Public Radio Interview</title><description> National design experts Mark Dawson, Betsy Jackson and Story Bellows give advice on what to do with...</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=795</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=795</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: The truth can set us free on downtown</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Every once in a while, it's helpful to have outsiders be brutally honest about your...</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=797</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=797</guid></item><item><title>NCBM Leadership Attends Vice President Joe Biden's Black History Month Reception</title><description> Vice President Joseph Biden and Dr. Jill Biden welcomed over 120 elected African American officials...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=799</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=799</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento closer to plan for 'Safe Ground' homeless</title><description> Sacramento Bee: We should soon get a glimpse of what Mayor Kevin Johnson and homeless advocates hav...</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=800</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=800</guid></item><item><title>Urban design experts look at design options for J-K-L corridor</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Urban design experts this week will work with Sacramento Mayor Kevin J...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=801</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=801</guid></item><item><title>Council chooses developer Taylor to analyze arena feasibility</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In 90 days, Sacramento City Hall is counting on having a clear idea about whether b...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=804</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=804</guid></item><item><title>Grant boosts green upgrades at Sacramento schools</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Plans for $100 million in green upgrades to Sacramento's school buildings received ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=802</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=802</guid></item><item><title>Video - Let's Move Event</title><description> Sacramento Kings: Let's Move Event with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius an...</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=792</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=792</guid></item><item><title>Ailene Voisin: Arco Arena's limited size negates option of renovation</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The house is too small. The roof leaks. The shower spits out cold water. So fix it,...</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=791</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=791</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Kevin Johnson wants to get our mojo back</title><description> Sacramento News and Review: The state of the city. That was the topic of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Joh...</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=788</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=788</guid></item><item><title>Public employee pensions add to Sacramento's deficit woes</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The cost of public employee pensions is about to hit City Hall even harder. Due in ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=789</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=789</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento city, county receives $7.5 million in disaster preparedness grants</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The city and county of Sacramento have received $7.5 million in grants for disaster...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=790</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=790</guid></item><item><title>Business community, insurance companies rip Sacramento's new 'crash tax'</title><description> Sacramento Bee: As word of the new ordinance spread Wednesday, the pushback was fast and furious: T...</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=786</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=786</guid></item><item><title>Mayors push to save redevelopment funds</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Big-city mayors and health care advocates pushed back hard Wednesday on Gov. Jerry ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=785</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=785</guid></item><item><title>The political education of Michelle Rhee</title><description> Politico.com: Michelle Rhee turned up at work last Sept. 15 utterly stunned. “I really did think he...</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=787</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=787</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena plan takes a new detour</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento has been waiting 10 years for a workable arena plan. It will wait at lea...</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=783</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=783</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council approves crash tax for non-city residents</title><description> The City Council voted 5-4 on Tuesday night to join a growing list of cities across the state that ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=782</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=782</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: Redevelopment funds generate jobs, growth, shouldn't be abolished</title><description> By Kevin Johnson Special to The Bee Desperate times are dangerous times, especially when elected of...</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=781</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=781</guid></item><item><title>Mayor, unions declare a needed detente</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It didn't grab headlines like Michelle Rhee's announcement that she has chosen Sacr...</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=778</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=778</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento task force backs builder as best bet to find arena answer</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In what could be the last effort to get a new sports arena built in Sacramento, a m...</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=779</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=779</guid></item><item><title>City task force chooses developer David Taylor as best person to build arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Noted downtown developer David Taylor has been tabbed by a mayoral task force as th...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=780</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=780</guid></item><item><title>The Swarm:  Johnson says Sacramento needs 'mojo;' it also needs lots of jobs.</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson called today for Sacramento to return to its pioneering spirit ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=763</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=763</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson: Time for Sacramento to regain 'mojo'</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: In his annual State of the City address, Mayor Kevin Johnson said that...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=770</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=770</guid></item><item><title>KCRA Video Highlights from Mayor Johnson's 2011 State of the City Adress</title><description> http://www.kcra.com/news/26564854/detail.html </description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=769</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=769</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson sees green economy in Sacramento's future</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In his State of the City address today, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will propose...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=766</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=766</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento to be home for education-reform group, mayor says</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced today that the education reform organizati...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=765</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=765</guid></item><item><title>Charter school network proposed in Sacramento County worries districts</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Opposition is mounting against a proposal to create a network of charter schools in...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=764</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=764</guid></item><item><title>The Swarm: Sacramento's Vina, UC Davis's Pomeroy get plaudits</title><description> Sacramento Bee: There were two intriguing shout-outs during today "State of the City" festivities i...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=777</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=777</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento joins battle for redevelopment funds</title><description> Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson wants city leaders to act quickly to keep the state from snatching r...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=767</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=767</guid></item><item><title>The Swarm: Council will look at citizens panel on Sacramento redistricting</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's nowhere near a done deal, but City Council members agreed Tuesday night to loo...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=771</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=771</guid></item><item><title>Audits for city utilities department discussed at council tonight</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council is on the verge of taking a close look at its utilities...</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=772</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=772</guid></item><item><title>Five leading mayors talk about the challenges they face, the strengths of their cities, and their visions for the future</title><description> Metropolis Magazine: The leaders profiled here are all recently elected mayors doing innovative wor...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=774</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=774</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Neighbors Give Mayor Job Advice</title><description> KTXL Fox 40: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is set to give his annual "State of the City" address t...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=773</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=773</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council's workshop aims to build harmony</title><description> Sacramento Bee: After two years of tensions, the nine members of the Sacramento City Council did so...</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=776</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=776</guid></item><item><title></title><description> Sacramento Bee: A lot of attention is going to the citizens commission that will draw California's ...</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=775</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=775</guid></item><item><title>Foon Rhee: Capital fails to make list of 'next cities' </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento is the oldest incorporated city in California, the capital of the nation...</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=761</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=761</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Gen. Vang Pao deserves to rest in Arlington</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Maj. Gen. Vang Pao, known as "the general" or "VP," was considered a father figure ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=758</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=758</guid></item><item><title>Power Balance Pavilion name a trendy gamble by Maloofs</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The deal that will turn Sacramento's Arco Arena into Power Balance Pavilion is rais...</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=757</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=757</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson opposes Gov. Brown's proposal to kill redevelopment agencies</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Add Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson to the list of people who aren't in favor of Gov...</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=760</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=760</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento the 'bellwether' for mid-sized NBA markets, mayor says</title><description> Sacramento Bee: As another round of proposals for a new sports arena is considered, Sacramento has ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=756</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=756</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento not on radar for young professionals</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Does Sacramento really not qualify as one of 60 cities attracting young professiona...</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=755</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=755</guid></item><item><title>KINGS Q &amp; A BLOG: Maloofs: Keeping options open, new name in the works</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Responding to a column in Monday's Orange County Register suggesting that the Maloo...</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=754</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=754</guid></item><item><title>Council to vote on Johnson's committee assignments Tuesday</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has requested that rookie Councilman Jay Schenirer b...</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=753</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=753</guid></item><item><title>Are the NBA's Sacramento Kings contemplating a move to Anaheim?</title><description> Orange County Register: There have been rumors for years that the Kings, owned by the Maloof family...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:10:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=751</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=751</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson to offer State of Downtown message Tuesday</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will lay out his vision for downtown at the The Stat...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=752</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=752</guid></item><item><title>Burger truck to debut this month</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento's first gourmet food truck will be rolling through town starting Jan. 29...</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=749</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=749</guid></item><item><title>Financing shaky for four arena proposals</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Of the four teams looking to develop a new Kings arena and entertainme...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:41:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=742</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=742</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena task force meeting turns nasty</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A meeting of Mayor Kevin Johnson's arena task force erupted into a verbal skirmish ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:40:21 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=741</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=741</guid></item><item><title>City Council talks priorities, budget</title><description> Sacramento Press: As part of a Thursday workshop led by Mayor Kevin Johnson, the Sacramento City Co...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:38:33 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=740</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=740</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: More progress on the downtown arena</title><description> Sacramento Press: What a difference a recessionary year makes. Thursday morning’s meeting of the Sa...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:34:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=739</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=739</guid></item><item><title>New frontrunner in arena quest?</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Momentum appeared to be building behind the latest proposal for a new Sacramento Ki...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:25:30 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=737</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=737</guid></item><item><title>Special council session looks at priorities, ideas</title><description> Sacramento Bee: At the request of Mayor Kevin Johnson, the City Council held a special workshop Thu...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:23:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=736</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=736</guid></item><item><title>Stuart Leavenworth: Downtown Brown will set a new urban agenda</title><description> Sacramento Bee: "I thought if you are governor, you want to be right downtown, right next to the Ca...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=748</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=748</guid></item><item><title>World Series trophy's a big hit at Capitol, City Hall</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The trophy is on tour, a motionless celebrity being whisked from Northern Californi...</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=746</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=746</guid></item><item><title>World Series Trophy Tour comes to Sacramento -- City Hall welcomes Giants, 2010 World Series Trophy</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said he will welcome the San Francisco Giants organi...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:47:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=735</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=735</guid></item><item><title>Vision of an Emerald Valley</title><description> Sacramento Bee: On January 20, at the annual State of the City address hosted by the Sacramento Met...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:40:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=734</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=734</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Council should give Gus Vina a serious look</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Gus Vina stepped into a political swamp when he became Sacramento's interim city ma...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:19:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=733</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=733</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento expected to search for new city manager</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The long-term job security of interim Sacramento City Manager Gus Vina is in questi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:47:30 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=732</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=732</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento railyard project on positive new track</title><description> Sacramento Bee: After a difficult 2010, the new owner of Sacramento's downtown railyard said it's n...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:37:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=731</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=731</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Some resolutions we’d like to see in 2011</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson: "Even if they attack my strong-mayor proposal again...</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:59:32 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=730</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=730</guid></item><item><title>10 things to watch for a Sacramento turnaround in 2011</title><description> Sacramento Bee: 2010 may have seemed as bad as the previous year, with hard times, furloughs and go...</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:55:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=729</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=729</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: How mayor can rebound in third year</title><description> Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/ 2011/01/02/3290032/editorial- how-mayor-can-rebound.html# ix...</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:54:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=728</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=728</guid></item><item><title>What's Mayor Johnson's new 'big, bold' idea?</title><description> Sacramento Bee: What's Mayor Johnson's new 'big, bold' idea? Tellingly, Johnson's list includes at ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:51:20 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=727</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=727</guid></item><item><title>Johnson's priorities for new year look a lot like this year's</title><description> Sacramento Bee: For Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, 2011 will likely provide a replay of many of th...</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:05:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=724</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=724</guid></item><item><title>Four groups submit proposals for new Sacramento Kings arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson's second go at getting a new arena built for the Sacramento Kin...</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 01:20:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=723</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=723</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Let Sac High recruit like other schools</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's recruiting season again for Sacramento City Unified high schools. Students hav...</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:43:20 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=722</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=722</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento development in 2010</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Development in Sacramento suffered some significant setbacks in 2010. ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:37:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=721</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=721</guid></item><item><title>Unions, business to back ‘Strong Mayor’ push</title><description> CBS13.com: Public safety unions and a group of local business leaders are reportedly gearing up to ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:52:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=720</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=720</guid></item><item><title>Dan Walters: Education issues dividing California Democrats</title><description> Sacramento Bee: For years – even decades – the political equation on California public education ha...</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:25:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=718</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=718</guid></item><item><title>Democratic schism opens on fixing schools</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Across the nation Democrats have begun to split over education, with a growing chor...</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:23:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=717</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=717</guid></item><item><title>New venues lift hopes on K Street Mall</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The western end of Sacramento's K Street Mall is a desolate place. But bright light...</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:12:59 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=716</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=716</guid></item><item><title>City Hall: The year in scandals</title><description> Sacramento Press: Scandals shook Sacramento City Hall throughout 2010. A review of the past year in...</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:03:06 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=715</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=715</guid></item><item><title>Big names emerge in push for new Sacramento arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The effort to build a new sports arena in Sacramento has gone national. In recent d...</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:14:17 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=714</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=714</guid></item><item><title>100 Sacramento community leaders decry rising gang violence</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A few feet from where Monique Roxanne Nelson gave her life to save her 2-year-old s...</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:02:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=713</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=713</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Charter High School wants equal access to recruit students from public schools</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Charter High School officials say they are being denied access to area m...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:14:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=712</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=712</guid></item><item><title>Natomas fights for arena</title><description> Sacramento Press: Natomas business leaders have a critical meeting Thursday in their fight to keep ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:43:41 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=711</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=711</guid></item><item><title>Pannell urges pay raises for two Sacramento officials</title><description> Perhaps Bonnie Pannell is overflowing with holiday spirit. The four-term Sacramento City Councilwom...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:38:09 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=709</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=709</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento councilwoman: 'We need to get both the ladies a raise'</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Despite persistent budget deficits and layoffs at City Hall, Sacramento City Counci...</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:28:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=707</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=707</guid></item><item><title>Lunch lady goes to Washington</title><description> Sacramento News and Review: Even for a woman as busy and accustomed to making her mark on American ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:33:07 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=706</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=706</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson's thoughts on struggling Kings</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former NBA star, was asked Tuesday for his though...</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:28:19 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=705</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=705</guid></item><item><title>New organization to take over the fight against homelessness</title><description> Sacramento Press: The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and the Sacramento City Council are mo...</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:25:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=704</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=704</guid></item><item><title>Group pushes for 1M Calif. electric vehicles by 2020</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: A group of public and private officials, including representatives of ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:22:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=703</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=703</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: New ed reform effort could have big impact</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The more strong voices there are prodding education bureaucracies to improve result...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:16:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=702</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=702</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento FIRST to Revisit Top Proposals</title><description> SACRAMENTO – Today, the Sacramento FIRST Task Force released details on its plans to revisit top pr...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:22:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=701</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=701</guid></item><item><title>Michelle Rhee brings her fix-the-schools drive to Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: During three and a half years as the chancellor of Washington, D.C., public schools...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:13:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=700</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=700</guid></item><item><title>Alice Waters, in Sacramento visit, lobbies for locally grown school meals</title><description> Sacramento Bee: When it comes to growing Sacramento's green economy and educating local children, c...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:10:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=699</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=699</guid></item><item><title>Greenwise leads Sacramento in the right direction</title><description> Sacramento Press: Sacramento is making progress toward Mayor Kevin Johnson’s goal of becoming the g...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:08:19 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=698</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=698</guid></item><item><title>Subject of Interest: Nearly 1 in 4 capital high school students drop out</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Almost one in four Sacramento County high school students drop out before getting t...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:03:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=697</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=697</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento has 'amazing potential' in clean-tech</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: At the final Greenwise meeting Tuesday, Portland, Ore., Mayor Sam Adam...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:01:43 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=696</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=696</guid></item><item><title>California's parent revolution: 'Triggering' school reform in Compton.</title><description> Wall Street Journal Editorial: It could be a shot heard 'round the education world: This morning in...</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:45:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=695</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=695</guid></item><item><title>Michelle Rhee starts student reform organization</title><description> Sacramento Bee: After weeks of speculation, Michelle Rhee announced today how she plans to follow h...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:29:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=694</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=694</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Kevin Johnson on launch of StudentsFirst by Former Washington DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee</title><description> "There is nothing more important in our country than improving the state of public education. Stude...</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:27:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=693</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=693</guid></item><item><title>Mayor and Sac City schools target parent engagement in new project</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento City Unified School District is partnering with Mayor Kevin Johnson's ed...</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:02:26 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=692</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=692</guid></item><item><title>Arena task force sets new deadline for proposals</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: A reconvened arena task force has set a deadline of Dec. 30 for groups...</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:49:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=691</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=691</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento moves to dismiss employee at center of Natomas flap</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The city of Sacramento has begun the process of dismissing Dan Waters, the developm...</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:02:23 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=690</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=690</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson says new councilmembers show incumbents will have to earn future re-elections</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In introducing three new city councilmembers on Tuesday, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Joh...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:43:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=688</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=688</guid></item><item><title>City salaries out in the open</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento City Hall wants you to know that it's not Bell. As you probably remember...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:34:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=687</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=687</guid></item><item><title>Will newbies shake up City Council?</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council is undergoing its most dramatic transformation in nearl...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:31:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=686</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=686</guid></item><item><title>Robert Kennedy Jr. pushes green future</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: A longtime defender of the environment, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a c...</description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 01:03:43 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=683</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=683</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena situation in Kevin Johnson's hands</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Kevin Johnson was a tenacious player who could make the impossible look spectacular...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:35:32 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=681</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=681</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento mayor taking another shot at new arena for Kings</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Taking an "if at first you don't succeed" approach, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:49:07 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=680</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=680</guid></item><item><title>Oklahoma City held as an example at creativity forum</title><description> The Oklahoman: Oklahoma City was held up Wednesday as an example of how cities can get creative to ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:45:34 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=679</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=679</guid></item><item><title>K.J. gets artsy: City’s new initiative will assist arts funding, outreach</title><description> Sacramento News and Review: The launch party for Mayor Kevin Johnson’s For Arts’ Sake initiative dr...</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:42:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=678</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=678</guid></item><item><title>City approves payment plan for illegal Natomas home permits</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The city of Sacramento has a $350,000 fix to the series of illegal home permits iss...</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:43:03 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=677</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=677</guid></item><item><title>Tent city envisioned in Sacramento homeless plan</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Steps Forward, a community effort to combat homelessness, has made great...</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:47:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=676</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=676</guid></item><item><title>The Public Eye: Mayor gets his library – city's cost is $9,805</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The unofficial Kevin Johnson Mayoral Library is open – but just for himself and his...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:16:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=675</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=675</guid></item><item><title>Environmental conference will reach out to youths</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Greenwise Youth Summit, a regional conference on the environment, is scheduled ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:14:12 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=674</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=674</guid></item><item><title>Having defeated Prop. 23, coalition seeks national agenda</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Having survived Proposition 23, California's landmark greenhouse gas l...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:08:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=673</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=673</guid></item><item><title>California capital looks for a place for governors to stay</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's not a matter of policy but an issue of address when some ask: What will be the...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:05:09 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=672</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=672</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Kevin Johnson urges youths to be eco-friendly</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The dozens of teenagers gathered Saturday for Mayor Kevin Johnson's green youth sum...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:02:56 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=671</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=671</guid></item><item><title>The Week Ahead: Five things that will shape the news in Our Region</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Global Climate Summit brings leaders, celebrities to UC Davis What: Prominent leade...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:59:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=670</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=670</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson aims to find Kings new home</title><description> Yahoo Sports: Kevin Johnson was 19 years old when the NBA’s Kings moved from Kansas City to his hom...</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:01:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=669</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=669</guid></item><item><title>Mayor upbeat on railyard after meeting new owners</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson met Tuesday in Illinois with the new owners of the d...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:41:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=667</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=667</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Johnson on resignation of New York Public Schools Chancellor Joel Klein</title><description> "Joel Klein’s resignation today as Chancellor of the NYC Public Schools is a loss to the city’s chi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:48:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=666</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=666</guid></item><item><title>Questions, answers about idea of Sacramento city-county consolidation</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson touched a nerve last week when he said he'd like to ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:06:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=664</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=664</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson set to discuss railyard with its new Chicago owners</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is scheduled to meet Tuesday in Chicago with top off...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:45:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=663</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=663</guid></item><item><title>NEA's chief sees wide role</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In Rocco Landesman's mind, the National Endowment for the Arts was not made to exis...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:43:20 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=662</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=662</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's annexation talk is too much, too soon</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Kevin Johnson is right to say we need to talk about consolidation in Sacramento Cou...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:41:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=661</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=661</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento mayor wants to explore city, county merger</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Renewing a decades-long debate, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said Thursday he wan...</description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:26:52 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=660</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=660</guid></item><item><title>Teachers union-backed candidates sweep mayor's picks in Sac City Unified</title><description> Sacramento Bee: There won't likely be a significant shift in ideologies on the Sacramento City Unif...</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:59:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=659</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=659</guid></item><item><title>Teachers union's choices pace Sac City races</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Teachers Association was the victor Tuesday night in the Sacram...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:50:08 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=657</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=657</guid></item><item><title>Election blog: Mayor Johnson has a lot at stake in the election</title><description> Sacramento Bee: For a guy whose name doesn't appear anywhere on the ballot, Sacramento Mayor Kevin ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 17:29:14 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=656</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=656</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento railyard's new owner wants to get project moving soon</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A week after dramatically taking ownership of Sacramento's railyard, an Illinois re...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:45:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=653</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=653</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson still mum on Measure B utility rate rollback</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Amid the flurry of campaign mailers this week urging Sacramento voters to shoot dow...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:42:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=652</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=652</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento churches launch winter plan for homeless</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area faith congregations will house and feed 100 people each night in th...</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:19:40 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=651</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=651</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento mayor will call task force to reconsider sports arena proposals</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson told The Bee that he is reconvening his arena task f...</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:15:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=650</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=650</guid></item><item><title>Dr. Oz brings garden program to Sacramento's Burbank High</title><description> The students tending the community garden at Luther Burbank High School are just what Dr. Mehmet Oz...</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:28:04 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=648</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=648</guid></item><item><title></title><description> The downtown Sacramento rail yard has a new owner - Inland American Real Estate of Illinois. The ma...</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:26:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=647</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=647</guid></item><item><title>Illinois firm set to take control of Sacramento railyard development</title><description> Sacramento Bee: An Illinois investment company is poised to take control of Sacramento's downtown r...</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:23:22 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=646</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=646</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson's interview with Green for All (Video)</title><description> Sacramento: In Sacramento, the Green Jobs Bus team interviewed Mayor Kevin Johnson at the Sacrament...</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:56:59 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=645</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=645</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson and Elmo (Video)</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Kevin Johnson appears with the muppet, Elmo, at an event to promote the Families St...</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:55:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=644</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=644</guid></item><item><title>City, transportation officials support Prop. 22</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sick of having the state borrow funding from their already battered budgets, local ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:45:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=643</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=643</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson among four U.S. Mayors named as Fellows by the Urban Land Institute Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use</title><description> Washington: The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use has...</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:39:21 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=642</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=642</guid></item><item><title>Waiting for K.J.</title><description> Sacramento News &amp; Review: If you haven’t yet seen the movie Waiting for “Superman,” you probably ha...</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:52:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=640</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=640</guid></item><item><title>Who will fix our schools? | See what candidates for the Sacramento City Unified school board think</title><description> Sacramento News &amp; Review: Your neighborhood school is in trouble. Even if the physical building is ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:45:13 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=639</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=639</guid></item><item><title>Johnson names new leader of his arts initiative</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson introduced the chair of his arts initiative on Tuesd...</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:16:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=638</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=638</guid></item><item><title>Fong 'embarrased,' Johnson 'proud' of Sacramento's progress on homelessness</title><description> Sacramento Bee: City Councilman Rob Fong told a crowd of advocates Tuesday that he is "embarrassed"...</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:53:03 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=636</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=636</guid></item><item><title>Endorsements: For Sacramento schools – Bell, Corso, Singh </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento's future, and the future of the region, rests on the quality of its publ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:48:04 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=634</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=634</guid></item><item><title>Another View: Without utility fund audit, city could use a straitjacket </title><description> Sacramento Bee: In its Oct. 2 editorial opposing Measure B, The Bee says the Sacramento city utilit...</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:43:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=633</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=633</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento becoming an unlikely hub of HBS social innovation</title><description> The Harbus: When people think about typical destinations for HBS students, a few cities come to min...</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:22:10 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=632</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=632</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Second Saturday's a day away -- with more cops and an earlier ending</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Second Saturday – beloved by some and loathed by others – is back this weekend, onl...</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:21:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=629</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=629</guid></item><item><title>Hundreds of thousands of dollars flowing into Sacramento city council races</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The amount of money being thrown around on the Sacramento City Council races contin...</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:14:55 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=628</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=628</guid></item><item><title>How to fix our schools: A manifesto by Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee and other education leaders</title><description> Washington Post: As educators, superintendents, chief executives and chancellors responsible for ed...</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:56:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=627</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=627</guid></item><item><title>Pia Lopez: 'Superman' shows urgent school needs </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Equally long-held in this country is the belief that education can overcome the acc...</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:18:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=626</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=626</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento teachers union plans protest of documentary </title><description> Sacramento Bee: A documentary aiming to inspire Americans to address issues in public education has...</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:16:30 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=625</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=625</guid></item><item><title>The Terminator vs. Big Oil  </title><description> New York Times: What has Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California incensed is the fact that two Tex...</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:55:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=623</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=623</guid></item><item><title>Education reform pushed at 'Superman' screening </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Following a private screening of the documentary "Waiting for 'Superman' " on Tuesd...</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:44:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=622</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=622</guid></item><item><title>John Legend brings star power to education event  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Recording artist John Legend made his smooth voice heard in Sacramento on Saturday ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:26:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=620</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=620</guid></item><item><title>Prop. 23 could kill state's budding green industry, mayor's keynote speaker warns</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: The next global industrial revolution will be green, and Sacramento an...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:44:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=619</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=619</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Greenwise event draws near-capacity crowd</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman drew 905 people — a near-capa...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:05:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=618</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=618</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson unveils 'blueprint' for Sacramento volunteer push</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson on Wednesday unveiled the Sacramento Service Plan – his strateg...</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:11:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=616</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=616</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: 'Superman' documentary can strengthen school justice</title><description> Sacramento Bee: After decades of public school reforms that have failed to provide our children wit...</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:09:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=615</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=615</guid></item><item><title>Cal Expo rejection sours NBA's active efforts for Sacramento arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Four years after the National Basketball Association commissioner announced he'd pe...</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:41:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=614</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=614</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Council approves Curtis Park project </title><description> Sacramento Bee: After years of tense neighborhood meetings, more than 140 changes to the proposal a...</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:39:43 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=613</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=613</guid></item><item><title>Spurred by NY, 10 cities launch volunteer programs </title><description> New York Times: Ten U.S. cities are recruiting volunteers to help with local problems such as flood...</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:32:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=612</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=612</guid></item><item><title>Nursing home celebrates triple-digit birthdays with three of its residents </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Ho Chu said there's "no secret" to living to 108. Eating salted fish, rice and vege...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:47:09 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=611</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=611</guid></item><item><title>Cal Expo board rejects land swap for new Kings arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Cal Expo Board voted today against moving the State Fair to the site of Arco Ar...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:44:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=610</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=610</guid></item><item><title>City hosts public forum today on future of Second Saturday</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento city officials have scheduled a community forum this morning to discuss ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:42:30 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=609</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=609</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Cal Expo board shoots itself in the foot – again  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Add another item to the next governor's to-do list: Clean house on the Cal Expo boa...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:13:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=608</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=608</guid></item><item><title>Documentary films ratchet up pressure on teachers unions </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Political pressure on teachers unions has been mounting for months, with national a...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:11:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=606</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=606</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: City strikes labor deal, at a price</title><description> Sacramento Bee: To finish balancing its budget while avoiding more cuts in services, the city of Sa...</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=566</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=566</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson still learning on Sacramento mayor job </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Two years into his tenure as Sacramento mayor, Kevin Johnson is undergoing the firs...</description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:31:20 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=605</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=605</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento homeless program locates housing </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday that a three-year effort to identify 2,...</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=563</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=563</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento schools rank high and low in exit exam </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Overall, data released Tuesday show more than four of every five 10th-graders passe...</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=562</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=562</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson picks Texan to manage Sacramento art project </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson has tapped Austin, Texas, resident Deborah Edward as Project Ma...</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:41:26 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=603</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=603</guid></item><item><title>John Legend brings the documentary "Waiting for Superman" to University of the Pacific October 2, 2010</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It is no secret that public schools all across the country are failing, including m...</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:39:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=602</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=602</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento County looks at shifting homeless services to nonprofit group </title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a major shift prompted by a historic budget deficit, the county hopes to turn ov...</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:36:20 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=601</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=601</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Kevin Johnson regarding the DC mayoral election </title><description> "While I congratulate Vincent Gray on his victory, I cannot help but be disappointed by the outcome...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:58:23 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=600</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=600</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Kevin Johnson regarding vandalism of the Sacramento Kings mural at 16th and R Streets</title><description> "I strongly condemn this act of cowardice. Crimes of hate and intolerance have no business here in ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:55:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=599</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=599</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Kevin Johnson regarding J Street shootings on Sunday, September 12th</title><description> "My heart and prayers go out to the victims of the senseless violence that occurred on J Street sho...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:54:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=598</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=598</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: State Fair should give land swap a longer look </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The "convergence" land swap – including a new downtown Sacramento arena that the Ki...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:15:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=597</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=597</guid></item><item><title>City, county gain aid to fix seized property</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency officials said the city and county have...</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:06:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=596</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=596</guid></item><item><title></title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's a finely painted line separating a popular celebration of art from a rowdy and...</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:03:08 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=595</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=595</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: School choice is most important issue to end California's malaise</title><description> Sacramento Bee Editorial: On Monday, the California Department of Education released the latest ver...</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:54:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=594</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=594</guid></item><item><title>Second Saturday meeting set </title><description> Sacramento Press: Sacramento Police continued their search Wednesday for the suspect in a fatal sho...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:44:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=593</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=593</guid></item><item><title>State Fair land swap gets thumbs down in report</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A Cal Expo consultant has concluded it is not in the state's best interest to move ...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:41:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=592</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=592</guid></item><item><title>Mayor commits to providing ideas to improve Sacramento schools </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson isn't overly excited about the progress in the city'...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:38:23 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=591</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=591</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: New partnership needed for homeless</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Services for the homeless in Sacramento County are at a critical crossroads. The co...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:13:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=588</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=588</guid></item><item><title>State Fair must decide: Stay at Cal Expo or move to Arco </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The financially struggling State Fair faces a major decision about its future: Shou...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:10:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=586</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=586</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento railyard developer fights to stave off foreclosure </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Three months after its developer defaulted on his loans, downtown Sacramento's trou...</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:28:31 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=584</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=584</guid></item><item><title>Outcry after post-art walk shooting in midtown has a familiar ring </title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's become a familiar cycle in Sacramento. An event becomes trendy, drawing thousa...</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:44:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=582</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=582</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento County wants public-private partnership to help the homeless </title><description> Sacramento County no longer wants to coordinate the area's homeless programs and plans to turn over...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:04:14 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=581</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=581</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Mayor Johnson vows to preserve Second Saturday after killing </title><description> Does the deadly violence following this weekend's midtown art walk foreshadow the closure of Second...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=580</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=580</guid></item><item><title>Sac Charter High's new principal knows politics is part of the job </title><description> Sacramento Charter High School's new principal, Will Jarrell, is juggling the part of his job that ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:50:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=579</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=579</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Mayor Johnson puts his heart into D.C. campaigning</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Some might think it odd that the mayor of Sacramento would spend time campaigning f...</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:10:12 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=578</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=578</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Free speech remains intact at City Council</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Score one for little-d democracy. It's not every day that elected officials admit t...</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:01:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=577</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=577</guid></item><item><title>City officials hail groundbreaking for R Street development</title><description> Sacramento Bee: After years of little progress along the urban corridor, local elected and developm...</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:03:52 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=576</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=576</guid></item><item><title>Schools: The Disaster Movie </title><description> New York Times Magazine: The Harlem-based educator and activist Geoffrey Canada first met the filmm...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:37:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=574</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=574</guid></item><item><title>Council will keep public's comments at earlier time </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Those who want their gripes or ideas heard before the Sacramento City Council won't...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:32:17 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=573</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=573</guid></item><item><title>City Council OKs change from 2003 in Kings' loan </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday night to reaffirm a 2003 agreement that a...</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:29:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=572</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=572</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento loan to Kings changed without council's OK </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Seven years ago, without telling the City Council, former Sacramento City Treasurer...</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:07:33 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=571</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=571</guid></item><item><title>Sac City school board candidate at odds with mayor gets union endorsement</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The union representing Sacramento City Unified School District teachers has made it...</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:36:08 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=570</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=570</guid></item><item><title>Darrell Steinberg: State needs more information on Cal Expo-arena deal</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a letter Monday to Cal Expo and Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, state Senate lea...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:38:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=568</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=568</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Mayor makes smart call on his nuptials</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a brief letter e-mailed Tuesday to those on the guest list, Johnson let it be kn...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:35:14 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=567</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=567</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Railyard developer insists he's not dead yet </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Dead Man Walking called on Friday to ask that we stop tossing dirt on his (professi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:26:07 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=565</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=565</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: City should ease food truck rules  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Let the taco trucks roll in Sacramento. And free the mobile vendors dishing out Ind...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:44:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=560</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=560</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Stakes on arena call for due deliberation </title><description> The push for a new arena in Sacramento is off the fast track. That's not such a bad thing. For this...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:40:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=559</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=559</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento says no to hot new food trend</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The hottest new food trend literally rolls through the country, using Twitter and o...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:51:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=556</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=556</guid></item><item><title>Editorial:  Preserve Sacramento's Second Saturday without overreacting to problems</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The development of midtown is one of Sacramento's most important success stories, a...</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:12:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=555</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=555</guid></item><item><title>Residents bring concerns to Mayor Johnson </title><description> Sacramento Press: Rashad Baadqir was at George Sim Community Center Thursday evening to learn how M...</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:34:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=554</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=554</guid></item><item><title>City Council to hear public comment later at night  </title><description> Sacramento Press: Residents will need to attend Sacramento City Council meetings later in the eveni...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:00:22 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=552</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=552</guid></item><item><title>Gavin Newsom speaks at monthly Greenwise meeting</title><description> Sacramento Bee: As Greenwise Sacramento continues to formulate a strategy for making Sacramento int...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:33:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=551</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=551</guid></item><item><title>Newsom touts business sense of climate change law</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The state's global climate change law not only makes good environmental policy but ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:27:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=550</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=550</guid></item><item><title>School test score rollout begins with STAR release  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: In the four-county area, the percentage of students at or above the proficient leve...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:13:20 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=549</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=549</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento mayor to roll out green carpet for S.F. Mayor Newsom</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's a mayor-to-mayor meeting and the topic is green. San Francisco Mayor Gavin New...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:09:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=548</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=548</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council set to vote on 'crash tax' for nonresident drivers  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento is likely to join the growing list of California cities that place a "cr...</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:08:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=547</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=547</guid></item><item><title>Taking schools into their own hands</title><description> Wall Street Journal: More Mayors Seek Control as Washington Presses for Action on Failing Instituti...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:40:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=545</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=545</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Homelessness makes return to mayor's agenda</title><description> Sacramento Bee: While the issue of the homeless vexes cities across the country, Mayor Kevin Johnso...</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:14:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=544</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=544</guid></item><item><title>San Francisco mayor touts city's efforts to go green </title><description> Sacramento Bee: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Fried...</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:10:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=543</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=543</guid></item><item><title>Lisa Ling: Sacramento should be proud for taking steps to eliminate homelessness</title><description> FOX40.com: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has called on his staff to choose three locations within ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:31:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=541</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=541</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Council debate sought on homeless campground  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Councilman Rob Fong want the City Council to deb...</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:29:56 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=540</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=540</guid></item><item><title>National Night Out</title><description> Sacramento Press: The mayor of our fair city had a busy night out on National Night Out, from north...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:05:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=538</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=538</guid></item><item><title>Another round of layoffs at Sacramento City Hall? </title><description> Capitol Public Radio: Ninety more Sacramento city employees could lose their jobs by the end of the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:03:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=537</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=537</guid></item><item><title>Super Green!  Meet Mayor Kevin Johnson’s Greenwise Sacramento leadership team</title><description> Sacramento News and Review: Over the last four years, I have focused much of my personal time and t...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:37:41 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=535</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=535</guid></item><item><title>Homebuilder will pay flood insurance for Natomas houses built under improper permits</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The nine homeowners whose houses were built in the North Natomas flood zone last ye...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:38:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=532</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=532</guid></item><item><title>Subject of interest:  California makes finals for Race to the Top funds </title><description> California has made the final round in phase two of the Obama administration's "Race to the Top" ed...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:19:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=531</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=531</guid></item><item><title>Op-Ed: We're gonna be sorry</title><description> By Thomas Friedman The New York Times When I first heard on Thursday that Senate Democrats were aba...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:53:52 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=530</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=530</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson still working on a solution to resolve homelessness </title><description> Sacramento Press: Mayor Kevin Johnson said he is disappointed that finding housing for Sacramento’s...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:49:47 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=529</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=529</guid></item><item><title>The Conversation: 'Strong mayor' or not, it's still the bully pulpit</title><description> Sacramento Bee: There is nothing worse than being called a "weak mayor." Most people interpret that...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:55:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=528</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=528</guid></item><item><title>Jay Riemersma runs again -- for office: When one-time pro athletes run, they start with the advantage of exposure </title><description> ESPN.com: I was riding through town with a couple of friends one day when a large campaign sign cau...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:41:06 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=521</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=521</guid></item><item><title>Reed creates position for volunteer czar </title><description> Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Fresh off hiring a new police chief and weeks away from getting a new...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:17:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=520</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=520</guid></item><item><title></title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: President Barack Obama’s controversial former “green jobs czar,” Van J...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:05:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=519</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=519</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Haste on youth aid may backfire</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento's young people could certainly use more help to stay in school and out o...</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:19:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=518</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=518</guid></item><item><title>Former 'green jobs czar' Van Jones opposes Prop. 23, lauds clean-tech sector  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: President Barack Obama's controversial former "green jobs czar" Van Jones said effo...</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:16:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=517</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=517</guid></item><item><title>Noted environmental advocate to speak at mayor's monthly 'green' meeting </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Author and environmental advocate Van Jones will be the featured speaker at Sacrame...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:00:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=515</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=515</guid></item><item><title>Bill Gates Speech at the American Federation of Teachers Convention</title><description> In his speech at the 2010 American Federation of Teachers Convention, Bill Gates commended American...</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:16:40 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=514</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=514</guid></item><item><title>Subject of Interest:  Sacramento Kings say no, they are not the mystery team</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Moving with point guard-like alacrity, Sacramento Kings officials today were quick ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:14:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=513</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=513</guid></item><item><title>Van Jones comes to Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento News &amp; Review: Van Jones is coming to Sacramento. He will be the featured speaker at May...</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:21:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=512</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=512</guid></item><item><title>Council nixes putting increased business tax proposal on ballot</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday night voted unanimously against placing a me...</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:32:55 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=511</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=511</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor quest on hold until at least next year</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's push to increase his job's authority is officially...</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:30:56 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=510</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=510</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council picks lower-cost plan for K Street Mall</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The decades-long effort to revitalize downtown Sacramento's K Street got a second w...</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:28:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=509</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=509</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson touts Rubicon plan for K Street development </title><description> Sacramento Bee: As the Sacramento City Council prepares to vote on which development proposal it li...</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:31:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=508</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=508</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council to vote on K Street Mall proposals  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council appears poised to embrace a big, bold plan to transform...</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:02:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=505</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=505</guid></item><item><title>A chosen few are teaching for America  </title><description> New York Times: This year, on its 20th anniversary, Teach for America hired more seniors than any o...</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:00:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=504</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=504</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: K Street's future could pivot Tuesday  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: For way too long, K Street has been a sinkhole for Sacramento's ambitions and money...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:09:22 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=503</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=503</guid></item><item><title>Social media can help business, but it can bite back too</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Companies are swarming to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, hoping...</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:04:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=502</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=502</guid></item><item><title>New "Chief Service Officer" at Sacramento City Hall</title><description> Capital Public Radio: The mayor kicked off his initiative last year and says it resulted in 1-point...</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:43:25 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=500</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=500</guid></item><item><title>Solar Power gets loan from Five Star Bank</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: A Solar Power Inc. subsidiary has received a $3.9 million loan from Fi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:34:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=499</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=499</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson introduces Chief Service Officer position </title><description> Sacramento Press: Mayor Kevin Johnson introduced a new member to his staff, Chief Service Officer K...</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:29:22 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=498</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=498</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson wants to nearly double Sacramento volunteerism</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson is setting a higher bar for volunteers in Sacramento this year....</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 07:21:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=497</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=497</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson names volunteerism chief</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Keith Hart has been named chief services officer for the city of Sacra...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:49:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=496</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=496</guid></item><item><title>Obama urges fix to ‘broken’ immigration system</title><description> New York Times: President Obama pressed Congress on Thursday to pass comprehensive immigration legi...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:28:36 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=495</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=495</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Bee: Letters to the Editor</title><description> Mayor deserves credit Re "Mayor's top enemy is himself" (Marcos Breton, June 27): Marcos Breton's l...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:50:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=494</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=494</guid></item><item><title>Calif. state workers brace for minimum wage</title><description> Associated Press: Some California state workers are preparing to tap into their savings in anticipa...</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:20:21 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=493</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=493</guid></item><item><title>Lawyers draft strong-mayor language at Johnson's request </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council last week trounced Mayor Kevin Johnson's bid to have th...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:05:36 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=491</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=491</guid></item><item><title>K.J.’s book club  </title><description> Sacramento News &amp; Review: When Oprah Winfrey recommends a book, it turns into a best-seller. When S...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:29:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=490</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=490</guid></item><item><title>Johnson says downtown mall may get new owner </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday the owners of Westfield Downtown Plaza ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:26:23 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=489</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=489</guid></item><item><title>Mayor: Westfield in talks with 2 potential Downtown Plaza buyers </title><description> KCRA.com: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson told KCRA 3 on Tuesday that Westfield Corporation is in di...</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:45:52 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=488</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=488</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson still pushing his strong-mayor proposal for the November ballot</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, soundly thrashed in his recent bid to seek language...</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:56:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=487</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=487</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento gets concessions from one of three unions </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The city of Sacramento, which has been seeking concessions from three labor groups ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:42:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=486</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=486</guid></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor</title><description> Sacramento Bee Unions, let the vote take place Re "Unions balk at Johnson's strong-mayor plan" (Our...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:09:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=485</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=485</guid></item><item><title>Green teamwork: Federal dollars plus community organizing will make Sacramento green </title><description> Sacramento News and Review: Though they may not look like it, U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui and Sacramento...</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:51:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=483</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=483</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Council's strong-mayor defeat reveals power plays</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Like any good political street fight, the 18-month feud over Sacramento Mayor Kevin...</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:58:09 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=482</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=482</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Why won't they let voters decide?  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Voters won't get their say this year on whether Sacramento's mayor should have expa...</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:55:56 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=481</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=481</guid></item><item><title>Council votes 7-2 against latest strong mayor plan</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's latest pitch to bolster his office with new powers...</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:07:31 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=480</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=480</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento strong mayor debate continues at City Hall</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The heated debate over Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's most recent proposal to gra...</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:14:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=478</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=478</guid></item><item><title>Ban against raiding local funds to be on ballot</title><description> Associated Press: California's secretary of state has certified a ballot initiative to ban the stat...</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:09:32 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=477</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=477</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Council votes to hire 30 more police officers </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday to pump $6 million into the police depart...</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:00:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=476</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=476</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento area sees healthy participation by volunteers </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The volunteer rate in the Sacramento region decreased last year, but that doesn't m...</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:12:27 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=475</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=475</guid></item><item><title>City Council set for pivotal strong-mayor vote </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's 18-month odyssey to alter the way City Hall operat...</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:03:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=474</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=474</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Why won't labor let voters decide? </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento's most powerful unions should just end the charade that they're truly in...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:00:06 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=473</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=473</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento sheriff says he supports strong-mayor proposal </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness today expressed his support for Mayor Kevi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=470</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=470</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council votes to enact economic sanctions against Arizona</title><description> The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday night to place economic sanctions against Arizona compani...</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:55:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=469</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=469</guid></item><item><title>Unions balk at Johnson's strong-mayor plan</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is still short of persuading most of the city's infl...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:38:06 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=468</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=468</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council puts foot down on fire service cutbacks</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council directed city staff Thursday night to spare two of the ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:35:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=467</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=467</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Fed-up voters rattle the status quo at City Hall</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Ever since 1992, not a single Sacramento City Council member had sought re-election...</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:34:09 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=466</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=466</guid></item><item><title>Braziel staying put as Sacramento police chief</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It was a virtual love fest in Sacramento on Wednesday after Police Chief Rick Brazi...</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:32:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=465</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=465</guid></item><item><title>Braziel says he will remain chief of Sacramento police </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Police Chief Rick Braziel is staying in Sacramento after all. Braziel on Tuesday ni...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:24:14 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=461</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=461</guid></item><item><title>Guest opinion: Cutting schools hurts kids, economy </title><description> Des Moines Register: Schools across the country are facing a full-blown financial crisis. As many a...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:47:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=460</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=460</guid></item><item><title>Johnson talks council elections, budget at press conference </title><description> Sacramento Press: Mayor Kevin Johnson held a brief press conference Tuesday morning, sharing though...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:47:27 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=459</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=459</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Ashby's council win is grass-roots campaigning at its best</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Angelique Ashby, a young political neophyte, was eking out a victory Tuesday night ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:33:52 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=458</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=458</guid></item><item><title>The President Goes to High School</title><description> Today, President Obama flies to Michigan to congratulate graduating seniors at Kalamazoo Central Hi...</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:31:04 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=456</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=456</guid></item><item><title>A Magazine That Smells Orange</title><description> New York Times: The second annual Best of the City issue of Sactown, a young bimonthly magazine tha...</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:26:59 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=454</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=454</guid></item><item><title>FEMA to give Natomas homeowners a break</title><description> Sacramento Business Journals: Federal authorities have some good news for Natomas property owners s...</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:24:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=453</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=453</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Political mailer tells mean-spirited lies </title><description> Sacramento Bee: A last-minute hit piece against Angelique Ashby, the only viable female candidate r...</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:34:55 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=452</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=452</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Shared sacrifice must be city goal</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The budget crisis at Sacramento City Hall is nowhere near as dire as that facing th...</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:32:19 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=451</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=451</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: Strong-mayor plan is a reform Sacramento can't afford to delay </title><description> The Sacramento Bee By Brent Meyer Yogi Berra once said that if you come to a fork in the road, take...</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:17:23 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=450</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=450</guid></item><item><title>Homeless seek funds raised for them in charity drive </title><description> Sacramento Bee: They raised money for the homeless in a highly publicized campaign. Now people are ...</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:11:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=449</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=449</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento budget plan would take more fire units out of action </title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a proposal sure to be met with political and community ire, the city of Sacramen...</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:09:03 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=448</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=448</guid></item><item><title>Kings co-owner clarifies remarks, reaffirms need for new arena </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Kings co-owner Joe Maloof told The Bee Wednesday his family's interest i...</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:10:47 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=444</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=444</guid></item><item><title>5 capital-area school districts try for Race to the Top funds</title><description> California is back in the Race to the Top and five area school districts are lacing up their runnin...</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:13:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=443</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=443</guid></item><item><title>Johnson releases more information on strong mayor plan</title><description> Sacramento Press: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has released a new chart on his “strong mayor” pro...</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:05:27 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=441</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=441</guid></item><item><title>City firefighters support Mayor Johnson's strong mayor proposal</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The city firefighter union has thrown its support behind Sacramento Mayor Kevin Joh...</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:01:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=440</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=440</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Unions pull strings in Sacramento races </title><description> Sacramento Bee: More often than not, the culture shaping Sacramento is a microcosm of what ails the...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 07:32:55 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=437</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=437</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Sacramento council should let voters decide on mayoral powers</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A proposal to give more power to Sacramento's mayor is not, in the end, about Kevin...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 07:27:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=435</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=435</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Congregations dig deep to aid homeless  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: These are hard times for charities and nonprofits, just like corporations and famil...</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 05:06:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=433</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=433</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson expands arts initiative to a 4-year effort</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson announced that his yearlong For Arts' Sake initiative will evol...</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:40:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=432</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=432</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson expands arts initiative to a 4-year effort</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson announced that his yearlong For Arts' Sake initiative will evol...</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:40:17 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=431</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=431</guid></item><item><title>For Art's Sake announces its Creative Action Plan</title><description> Sacramento Press: "Great cities deserve great art," Mayor Kevin Johnson said as he addressed an aud...</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 23:31:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=428</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=428</guid></item><item><title>Robbie Waters will not endorse a Sacramento boycott of Arizona</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Not everyone on the Sacramento City Council is thrilled with the idea of boycotting...</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 06:40:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=427</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=427</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson’s pro-bono California Dream Team </title><description> Capitol Weekly: Veteran consultant David Townsend managed Johnson’s successful 2008 campaign to bec...</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 06:37:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=426</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=426</guid></item><item><title>Mayor to unveil results of 'For Art's Sake' effort </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson will unveil the results of his nearly yearlong arts initiative ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 06:32:32 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=425</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=425</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council debates Arizona immigration law tonight</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The debate over Arizona's immigration law is coming to Sacramento City Hall. The Ci...</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 05:51:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=422</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=422</guid></item><item><title>Mayor wants council to discuss new strong mayor plan in early June </title><description> Sacramento Bee: A new "strong mayor" discussion at Sacramento City Hall may be just around the corn...</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:52:41 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=420</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=420</guid></item><item><title>Mayor's fiancee brings tough-on-education talk to Sacramento </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Controversial education reformer Michelle Rhee brought her get-tough-on-education s...</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:34:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=419</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=419</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson seeks more clout in Sacramento education</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Before he was mayor of Sacramento, former NBA player Kevin Johnson was a star in th...</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 09:19:40 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=417</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=417</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson presses again for strong-mayor ballot measure </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is still full speed ahead on trying to change the wa...</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:14:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=416</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=416</guid></item><item><title>Yeah, Tretheway's a puppet, but unions are pulling the strings</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In Sacramento, there is always a reason why a politician implodes. Councilman Ray T...</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:06:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=415</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=415</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Reacts To City's Revenue Issue</title><description> KCRA.com: Mayor Kevin Johnson is reacting to a problem uncovered by KCRA 3 in Sacramento's revenue ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 22:30:42 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=413</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=413</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento mayor hosts Zambian presidential candidate</title><description> Sacramento Bee: This has got to be a first. Elias Chipimo Jr., a candidate for president of the Afr...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 20:58:26 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=412</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=412</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento police union to host forum on strong mayor proposal </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento city police union is hosting a forum on Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 20:56:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=411</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=411</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Kevin Johnson proposes green initiative plan</title><description> Sacramento Press: Mayor Kevin Johnson proposed his green initiative plans to the public during a pr...</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:31:09 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=410</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=410</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Green dream must grow in regional soil</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The carefully orchestrated kickoff for Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's green initi...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 15:51:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=408</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=408</guid></item><item><title>Tretheway changes claim of shakedown by Mayor Johnson's backers </title><description> Sacramento Bee: During a boisterous news conference outside Sacramento City Hall on Wednesday, Coun...</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 14:58:13 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=407</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=407</guid></item><item><title>Johnson launches green initiative </title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Mayor Kevin Johnson launched his regional green initiative Tuesday to ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:21:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=406</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=406</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento mayor launches 'green initiative'</title><description> Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has jumped into the region's effort to green its economy. During an ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 17:18:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=405</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=405</guid></item><item><title>Governor, first lady to speak at Mayor Johnson's green initiative kickoff </title><description> Modesto Bee: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be the featured speaker when Mayor Kevin Johnson launc...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 23:23:31 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=400</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=400</guid></item><item><title>High-powered alliance backs Mayor Johnson's strong-mayor plan</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Still fuming over what they describe as the "poisoned political climate" at Sacrame...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 08:02:47 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=399</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=399</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: No time like now to train successor</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's uncharitable perhaps, but no one at Sacramento City Hall is wishing Police Chi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:56:04 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=398</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=398</guid></item><item><title>Arco Arena site is too small for fairgrounds, report says</title><description> Sacramento Bee: If the State Fair moves to North Natomas, it is going to have to go on a serious di...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:53:32 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=397</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=397</guid></item><item><title>Foon Rhee: City needs to kick the habit of closed-door committees</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council is falling into a bad habit, creating committees that c...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:50:12 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=396</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=396</guid></item><item><title>Leading Off: James will be story of summer </title><description> Sacramento Bee: You know it's not a normal sports cycle when "SportsCenter" spends 1 1/2 hours on a...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:47:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=395</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=395</guid></item><item><title>Jobs, city deficit highlight Community Partnership Meeting</title><description> "Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs," said Kunal Merchant, Mayor Kevin Johnson's chief of staff. "One issue eve...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:45:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=394</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=394</guid></item><item><title>Students and Faculty Discuss Local Governance at Sac State </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Students and faculty discussed the state of Sacramento's local governance today at ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:37:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=392</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=392</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Needs to Truly Lead "Green Initiative"  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was all over the map during his first year of office...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:35:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=391</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=391</guid></item><item><title>Kerridge starts getting down to business in new Roseville job </title><description> Sacramento Bee: When Ray Kerridge took the helm as Sacramento's city manager, the objective was cle...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 07:33:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=390</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=390</guid></item><item><title>All wet</title><description> Sacramento News &amp; Review: As SN&amp;R reported last week, Mayor Kevin Johnson is ramping up his new “gr...</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 15:16:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=386</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=386</guid></item><item><title>Schwarzenegger backs California as hub for green jobs </title><description> Sacramento Bee: California can boost its economy while improving the environment if the state stick...</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 14:55:25 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=385</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=385</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson still aiming for November strong mayor vote </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson says he is one City Council vote short of getting hi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 21:56:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=384</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=384</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento cops aim to help avoid a repeat of Amgen Tour bike thefts </title><description> Sacramento Bee: One year after earning an international black eye for being the city where cycling'...</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:39:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=383</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=383</guid></item><item><title>New twist in Sacramento building agency scandal </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento city employee at the center of the Natomas home permitting scandal a...</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:35:31 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=382</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=382</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento police chief is finalist for Seattle job </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Seattle is one step closer to luring away Sacramento's police chief, after a search...</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:33:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=381</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=381</guid></item><item><title>A Russian Affair" Opera Brings Explosive Drama To The Stage </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento Opera’s “A Russian Affair” showed audience members two dramatic tale...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:14:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=378</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=378</guid></item><item><title>UCD, Chico, UOP listed as greenest colleges in report </title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's the latest twist in American college ratings: How green is your campus? Dormit...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:08:08 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=377</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=377</guid></item><item><title>Panel will review proposals to revamp downtown stretch of K Street </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Members of the Sacramento City Council are about to take a closer look at the four ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:06:20 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=376</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=376</guid></item><item><title>Back-seat Driver: Sacramento's off the bench in high-speed rail competition </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Some say California's bullet train is a dream that'll never happen or a bad idea th...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:39:08 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=375</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=375</guid></item><item><title>Johnson: Kerridge's departure a loss to Sacramento </title><description> Sacramento Bee: There are some within Sacramento's city hall who were happy to see Ray Kerridge go....</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=374</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=374</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Bee Endorsements: Ashby, Schenirer, Chin and Cohn for Sac City Council </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramentans should be heartened that so many quality candidates have stepped forwa...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 17:23:41 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=373</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=373</guid></item><item><title>Kerridge named Roseville city manager </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Ray Kerridge has been named Roseville city manager, ending an almost six-month sear...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:18:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=370</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=370</guid></item><item><title>VCs pump $733M into U.S. clean-tech in Q1 </title><description> Sacramento Business Journal - by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal: Venture capital investme...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:14:04 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=369</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=369</guid></item><item><title>K.J. goes green: Mayor focused on clean-energy jobs</title><description> Sacramento News &amp; Review: Mayor Kevin Johnson is getting ready to roll out details of his new “gree...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:07:27 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=368</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=368</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento to require permit, fees before construction </title><description> Sacramento Bee: A controversial Sacramento building department program that had allowed work to beg...</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:04:14 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=366</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=366</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Mayor to Launch Green Initiative</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will launch a "green initiative" on May 18 during an...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:47:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=364</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=364</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento v. Wall Street Journal</title><description> Fox 40 News: We're trying to put Sacramento on the map, because it literally isn't there. That's ri...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:41:55 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=363</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=363</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Plans To Talk To Railyards Owner</title><description> KCRA.com: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday that he plans to ask the owner of the downtow...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:38:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=362</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=362</guid></item><item><title>Brown Says ‘Don’t Look in Government’ for Innovation</title><description> Earth2Tech.com: Jerry Brown, California’s attorney general and former mayor of Oakland, is back on ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:35:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=361</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=361</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento Releases Plan To Tackle Deficit</title><description> KCRA.com: Program cuts, leaving vacant job positions open and labor concessions are all part of a p...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:32:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=360</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=360</guid></item><item><title>Energy sector poised for innovation -- with the right spark </title><description> The Washington Post Op-Ed By Bill Gates and Chad Holliday This country runs on innovation. The Amer...</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:28:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=359</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=359</guid></item><item><title>City Council to Honor Tyreke Evans on Tuesday, May 4th</title><description> The Sacramento City Council will honor Sacramento Kings player Tyreke Evans for being named NBA Roo...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 06:37:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=357</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=357</guid></item><item><title>California mayors gather to discuss student dropout rate  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayors from across California met in Sacramento on Thursday to discuss strategies f...</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:25:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=353</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=353</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson urges, then rejects, Arizona economic sanctions</title><description> First, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson called Wednesday for economic sanctions against Arizona for i...</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:40:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=352</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=352</guid></item><item><title>Mayor names Oakland native as artist for school program </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Oakland native and St. Hope and 40 Acres Art Gallery artist-in-residence Milton Bow...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:08:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=350</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=350</guid></item><item><title>Mayor urges Sacramento to shun Arizona over immigration law</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson is urging the city of Sacramento to sever economic ties with Ar...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:58:33 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=348</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=348</guid></item><item><title>California takes new tack in bid for U.S. school funding</title><description> LA Times: The state, which lost out in the first round of the Race to the Top grant competition, wi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:38:27 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=346</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=346</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento-area schools chosen for Kennedy Center arts program </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Six local schools stand to benefit from Mayor Kevin Johnson's For Art's Sake progra...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:31:07 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=345</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=345</guid></item><item><title>Project to return cars to K Street Mall advances </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The push to reintroduce automobiles on the K Street Mall took a step forward Tuesda...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:28:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=344</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=344</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Council's on board with arena land swap plan </title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the council agreed to enter into an exclusive ne...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:25:43 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=343</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=343</guid></item><item><title>Confidential memos propose tough Sacramento city cuts </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Department bosses in Sacramento were asked recently to come up with cuts they thoug...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:06:56 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=342</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=342</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Kevin Johnson Participates in Milken Institute Panel</title><description> Mayor Kevin Johnson participated on a panel at the Milken Global Institute entitled, "Leadership an...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:57:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=341</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=341</guid></item><item><title>Local builders want piece of downtown arena project</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: The preferred arena proposal for Sacramento is still in its infancy, b...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:13:55 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=339</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=339</guid></item><item><title>Braziel in the running for Seattle police chief </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel has been named one of 11 semifinalists for the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:51:10 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=338</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=338</guid></item><item><title>Mayor has growing national role in education reform </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Johnson will serve as the chairman of the newly formed Mayoral Leadership in Public...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:44:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=337</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=337</guid></item><item><title>Johnson to lead two national education panels </title><description> Sacramento Press: Mayor Kevin Johnson will have the attention of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne D...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:39:36 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=336</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=336</guid></item><item><title>Brooklyn School Scores High Despite Poverty  </title><description> New York Times: To ace the state standardized tests, which begin on Monday, Public School 172 in Su...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:02:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=334</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=334</guid></item><item><title>Inner-city Chicago charter school has perfect college acceptance rate </title><description> College acceptance: At Chicago's Urban Prep charter school, all male and all black, every member of...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:59:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=333</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=333</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: When the System Works  </title><description> New York Times: Education Secretary Arne Duncan has vowed to press states to remake the 5,000 or so...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:40:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=332</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=332</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council race for District 5 seat draws a crowd </title><description> Sacramento Bee: A crowded field with experienced political candidates and neighborhood leaders is v...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:07:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=331</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=331</guid></item><item><title>Arena plan takes wing – then what?</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A lot of people are skeptical that the "convergence" arena proposal – the policy eq...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:04:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=330</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=330</guid></item><item><title>Arena plan may hit snag over Arco's limitations  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: For 22 years, Arco Arena has showcased the high-flying talents of Michael Jordan, K...</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:00:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=329</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=329</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: Safe Ground plan is not the answer  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Robert Tobin: Sacramento has award-winning solutions to its homelessness problem, a...</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:06:22 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=328</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=328</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Faber continues a Sacramento tradition </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Arco Arena promises to be packed to the rafters on Saturday night in a featured eve...</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:02:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=327</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=327</guid></item><item><title>City receives EPA grant to clean up power station  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: The city of Sacramento has received a $200,000 grant from the federal Environmental...</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:54:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=326</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=326</guid></item><item><title>Broad ideas for mayor's "green initiative" presented  </title><description> Sacramento Press: The broad ideas for Mayor Kevin Johnson’s burgeoning environmental initiative wer...</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:52:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=325</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=325</guid></item><item><title>We Only Want to Make Sure Schools Deliver Results  </title><description> By Arne Duncan U.S. Secretary of Education AOLNews.com: (April 21) -- Today, more federal student a...</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:12:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=321</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=321</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento-area Cap-to-Cap volunteers lobby in D.C.  </title><description> Sacramento Bee WASHINGTON – As Meg Arnold and her team of citizen-lobbyists headed out of Democrati...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:11:41 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=319</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=319</guid></item><item><title>17 elementary schools gain statewide recognition  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Seventeen elementary schools in Sacramento County have been named 2010 California D...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:07:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=318</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=318</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: City, county must end landfill fight  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Along-standing impasse over Sacramento's garbage disposal – the city's refusal to s...</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:27:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=316</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=316</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: Future of state's students still rests on skill of teacher in the classroom</title><description> Sacramento Bee: As former teachers, our roots are in the classroom. Paths taken beyond teaching hav...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:36:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=314</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=314</guid></item><item><title>Lore over Cal Expo land deal takes intriguing turn  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Every family has its whispered stories from one generation to the next. For Sacrame...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:24:04 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=312</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=312</guid></item><item><title>Group organizes to provide Sacramento homeless with housing  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: A newly incorporated Sacramento nonprofit group is seeking land that it hopes to de...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:44:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=302</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=302</guid></item><item><title>Mayor to hold public office hours Thursday  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Want five minutes with the mayor? You'll get your chance Thursday night. Mayor Kevi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:42:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=301</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=301</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: K Street plan could push Sacramento forward  </title><description> One of the attractions of Sacramento is that it stands poised as a city on the verge. On the verge ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:07:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=299</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=299</guid></item><item><title>Why great teachers matter to low-income students </title><description> Washington Post: Joel I. Klein, Michael Lomax and Janet Murguía: In the debate over how to fix Amer...</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=296</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=296</guid></item><item><title>Freeport intake facility may herald bigger changes on Sacramento River  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Dignitaries today dedicate a massive new water intake on the Sacramento River at Fr...</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:43:12 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=295</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=295</guid></item><item><title>Six local students named spring Mayoral Fellows</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Mayor Kevin Johnson on Tuesday announced the six students that were se...</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:02:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=294</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=294</guid></item><item><title>Johnson names six local university students to mayoral fellowships</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Six students from local universities have begun fellowships with Sacramento Mayor K...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:19:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=290</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=290</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Kevin Johnson announces spring fellows</title><description> SACRAMENTO, CA – Today Mayor Kevin Johnson introduced four UC Davis MBA and two Sacramento State Un...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:21:25 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=289</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=289</guid></item><item><title>Race to the Top judges cite California's lack of union support, weak data system</title><description> Sacramento Bee: California stands to lose out on up to $700 million in federal education money beca...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:51:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=288</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=288</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Sacramento's plan for houses in Natomas floodplain doesn't pass laugh test</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento has a new proposal on what to do about homes built in violation of feder...</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:49:06 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=287</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=287</guid></item><item><title>The Conversation: Quality of life is key to civic pride  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: There's a familiar and fraught phrase being bandied about yet again – "world-class ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:36:47 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=285</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=285</guid></item><item><title>What makes a 'world-class' city?  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson: "A world-class city has a signature identity with an around-th...</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:34:23 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=284</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=284</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Kevin Johnson and City Council Honor Kings Forward Omri Casspi</title><description> NBA.com: At City Hall today, Mayor Kevin Johnson and City Council honored Sacramento Kings forward ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:01:30 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=283</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=283</guid></item><item><title>Council approves EIR for Curtis Park Village project  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Plans to build a new generation of housing and stores on an abandoned railyard in S...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:59:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=282</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=282</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento unveils 'action plan' to offset FEMA's Natomas sanctions</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced Thursday at a news conference...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:56:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=281</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=281</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: RT service cuts are a brutal blow  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: If you're concerned about service cutbacks at Regional Transit, the figure $172,015...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:54:59 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=280</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=280</guid></item><item><title>Johnson Wants Input From K Street Businesses </title><description> KFBK.com: Mayor Kevin Johnson wants to avoid what happened with the Hard Rock Cafe who gave virtual...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 06:51:51 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=279</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=279</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Concessions could save young teachers  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: School districts, like other areas of the public sector, are feeling the pinch of d...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:27:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=276</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=276</guid></item><item><title>David Broder: Education secretary has worthy plan for nation's schools</title><description> Washington Post: After more than a year when the spotlight remained fixed on the doctor's office an...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:44:13 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=274</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=274</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City teachers disagree over concessions  </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Amid pink slips and massive budget cuts, infighting has erupted among Sacramento Ci...</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 05:42:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=273</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=273</guid></item><item><title>More questions about Sacramento building department</title><description> Sacramento Bee: One day after the Sacramento city attorney said in 2008 that former U.S. Rep Doug O...</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:24:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=272</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=272</guid></item><item><title>Johnson says he can take a punch</title><description> Sacramento Bee Editorial Board: In his second State of the City address, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Joh...</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=175</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=175</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena proposals unveiled</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Downtown railyard owner Thomas Enterprises heads a list of seven development teams ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:09:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=250</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=250</guid></item><item><title>California mayors press for Race to the Top bill</title><description> Associated Press: The mayors of California's biggest cities are urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:08:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=249</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=249</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento mayor resolves to make peace with City Council</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Like many people hoping to shed a few pounds after the holidays or promising to fin...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:07:33 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=248</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=248</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Kevin Johnson on Race to the Top legislation</title><description> Sacramento, CA - Mayor Kevin Johnson today issued the following statement regarding a joint letter ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:06:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=247</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=247</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Kevin Johnson on horse-drawn carriages in Sacramento and PETA request</title><description> Statement from Mayor Johnson regarding horse-drawn carriages in Old Sacramento and a request from P...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:05:47 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=246</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=246</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: A new arena for new proposals</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It is time "to reinvigorate an arena discussion," Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson sa...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:05:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=245</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=245</guid></item><item><title>KJ, Westphal already helped build an arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Bill Bradley: While spending the New Year's holiday in Phoenix, I got the chance to...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:04:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=244</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=244</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson addresses grand jury report</title><description> Sacramento: Today Mayor Kevin Johnson issued the following statement regarding a Sacramento County ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:04:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=243</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=243</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson addresses grand jury report</title><description> Sacramento: Today Mayor Kevin Johnson issued the following statement regarding a Sacramento County ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:03:25 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=242</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=242</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson issues statement on passage of Race to the Top legislation</title><description> Today Mayor Kevin Johnson issued the following statement after the California Senate passed Race to...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:02:27 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=241</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=241</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson sets a goal of $3 million for public safety in 2010</title><description> During a promotion ceremony for Sacramento Police Department officers today, Mayor Johnson set a go...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:01:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=240</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=240</guid></item><item><title>Campaign targets potential African American bone marrow donors</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A campaign launches Monday to encourage more African Americans to donate blood and ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:20:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=239</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=239</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento police union backs strong-mayor initiative</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento Police Officers Association will announce Monday it is backing the s...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:19:12 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=238</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=238</guid></item><item><title>Police union backs strong mayor plan</title><description> KCRA.com: Pledging to put dollars and grassroots muscle into the campaign, the Sacramento Police Of...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:18:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=237</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=237</guid></item><item><title>Schwarzenegger plan for gasoline taxes slammed as bait and switch</title><description> Sacramento Bee: California drivers could save a dollar and change each visit to the gas pump under ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:17:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=236</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=236</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena proposals unveiled today</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Details of seven proposals for a new arena and entertainment complex in Sacramento ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:16:56 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=235</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=235</guid></item><item><title>Judge delays final ruling in strong-mayor lawsuit</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A Sacramento judge delayed making a final ruling Friday on whether to block Mayor K...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:16:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=234</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=234</guid></item><item><title>New Sacramento arena plan not a done deal says mayor</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson says all seven arena proposals are still on the table, despite ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:15:43 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=233</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=233</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson to be featured on Brokaw show Monday </title><description> Mayor Kevin Johnson will be featured on a segment of Tom Brokaw presents: American Character Along ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:15:14 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=232</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=232</guid></item><item><title>Artists to offer visions for downtown Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Visions for Sacramento from the perspective of a wide-ranging collection of artists...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:14:41 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=231</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=231</guid></item><item><title>No favorite yet among Kings arena proposals, Sacramento mayor says</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Thursday evening, just as seven competing sports and entertainment center proposals...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:14:09 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=230</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=230</guid></item><item><title>Judge delays his decision on Sacramento strong-mayor election</title><description> Sacramento Bee: A Sacramento judge wasn't ready Friday to erase Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor propos...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:13:36 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=229</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=229</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Arena land swap idea is intriguing</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It wasn't so long ago that the term "basketball arena" was political poison in this...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:12:59 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=228</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=228</guid></item><item><title>MLK observances and closures in Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Area groups are hosting a number of events this weekend to honor the Rev. Martin Lu...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:12:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=227</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=227</guid></item><item><title>Editorial notebook: Honor MLK by volunteering</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson's goal for 2010 is that 30 percent of Sacramentans will volunte...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:11:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=226</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=226</guid></item><item><title>Cities of Service and Rockefeller Foundation award first-ever Leadership Grant to Sacramento to hire chief service officer</title><description> Cities of Service and the Rockefeller Foundation today announced the winners of the first-ever Citi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:11:03 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=225</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=225</guid></item><item><title>State of Downtown speaker pushes for strong mayor</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: John Hickenlooper, who went from a small brew pub owner to mayor of De...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:09:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=224</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=224</guid></item><item><title>NBA's David Stern endorses Sacramento arena land swap plan</title><description> Sacramento Bee: NBA Commissioner David Stern has endorsed the most complicated of the new arena pla...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:09:16 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=223</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=223</guid></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor: Sacramento needs big changes</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Andrew G. Mattson: Even though I am a county resident, it is admirable of Mayor Kev...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:08:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=222</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=222</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson on January 21, 2010, ruling by Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster</title><description> “The citizens of Sacramento deserve an immediate and vigorous appeal. Their right to vote is being ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:07:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=221</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=221</guid></item><item><title>How do arena plans affect Sacramento loan to Kings?</title><description> Sacramento Bee: With proposals now on the table to move the Sacramento Kings to a new arena, the qu...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:07:12 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=220</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=220</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: To prosper, a shared vision is essential</title><description> Sacramento Bee Editorial: Expanded transit in this region could help link job centers and universit...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:06:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=219</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=219</guid></item><item><title>Appeal planned Monday for strong-mayor ballot item</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Attorneys for Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor initiative on Monday plan to appea...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:05:36 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=218</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=218</guid></item><item><title>Did judge rule correctly in strong-mayor lawsuit? No</title><description> Sacramento Bee Op Ed: Tom Hiltachk: The road to achieving government reform is always difficult. Hi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:04:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=217</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=217</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson presses Washington for solutions on jobs, education, flood protection</title><description> By Mayor Kevin Johnson: A whirlwind visit to Washington set up major dividends for Sacramento. Thre...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:03:54 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=216</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=216</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento officials studying arena site proposals</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Three years ago, Sacramento City Hall officials quietly commissioned city architect...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:03:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=215</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=215</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento building department frustrates council</title><description> Sacramento Bee: An investigation into how 35 home permits were improperly issued in the Natomas flo...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:02:30 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=214</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=214</guid></item><item><title>Campaign promotes bank accounts for city residents</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson announced an initiative Tuesday to help at least 6,000 city res...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:01:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=213</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=213</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: City voters need ability to fix City Hall</title><description> Sacramento Bee Editorial: The court battle involving Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor initiative ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:00:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=212</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=212</guid></item><item><title>Statement by Mayor Kevin Johnson on early inmate release</title><description> Sacramento: Under new state guidelines, county sheriffs in California are recalculating the time se...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:59:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=211</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=211</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento council moves budget analyst proposal toward ballot</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday night to move forward with placing Mayor ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:58:59 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=210</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=210</guid></item><item><title>Natomas group wants new arena at Arco site</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In answer to Mayor Kevin Johnson's call for ideas for a new sports and entertainmen...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:58:08 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=209</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=209</guid></item><item><title>Ruling blocks Sacramento's 'strong mayor' initiative from June ballot</title><description> Sacramento Business Journal: The effort to put a "strong mayor" proposal on the June 8 ballot ran i...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:56:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=208</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=208</guid></item><item><title>Criteria for considering arena proposals released</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson's arena task force this week published a set of criteria to gui...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:56:06 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=207</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=207</guid></item><item><title>Advocate for Sacramento homeless sues city over camping ordinance</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The suit, filed on behalf of 23 homeless men and women by civil rights lawyer Mark ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:55:25 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=206</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=206</guid></item><item><title>Kings notes: Stern keeping close tabs on all things Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: NEW YORK – NBA Commissioner David Stern didn't offer any revelations during an hour...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:54:31 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=205</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=205</guid></item><item><title>Johnson offers new strong-mayor measure for Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has moved away from his strong-mayor initiative and ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:53:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=204</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=204</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Find a sweet spot on strong mayor</title><description> Sacramento Bee Editorial: Mayor Kevin Johnson is getting closer to getting it right on his strong-m...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:15:41 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=203</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=203</guid></item><item><title>Dirty politics? No, bird droppings plaster Sacramento City Hall</title><description> Sacramento Bee: There's something nasty in the air outside Sacramento City Hall, and it has nothing...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:15:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=202</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=202</guid></item><item><title>Inside City Hall: County Dems go after Johnson's charter school</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento County Democratic party voted this week to urge the city school dist...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:14:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=201</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=201</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: Arena proposals must proceed for Sacramento area's benefit</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Michael Ault, Downtown Partnership: Ask 10 people if Sacramento needs a new enterta...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:12:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=200</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=200</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Fong must open mind on arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: At the request of Mayor Kevin Johnson, Lehane is leading a group of well-connected ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:11:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=199</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=199</guid></item><item><title>Mayor, council members spar over evolving arena issue</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento's arena quest, like so many things in City Hall these days, has become a...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:10:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=198</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=198</guid></item><item><title>Region to launch plan to attract filmmakers</title><description> Sacramento Bee: With its rivers, lakes, forests and Gold Rush-era backdrops, the Sacramento region ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:09:58 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=197</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=197</guid></item><item><title>Opinion: Dreaming of a civil City Council</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson: The volunteer task force will offer its recommendations on an ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:09:10 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=196</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=196</guid></item><item><title>Johnson won't push strong-mayor plan for June ballot</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson announced this morning that he will no longer push for his scal...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:08:34 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=195</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=195</guid></item><item><title>Johnson won't seek June vote for strong mayor plan</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson backed away from seeking a June vote on his latest s...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:07:40 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=194</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=194</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Manager to resign</title><description> KCRA.com: Sacramento City Manager Ray Kerridge is resigning from his position.Kerridge's resignatio...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:06:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=193</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=193</guid></item><item><title>Task force questions prospective arena developers</title><description> Sacramento Press: Prospective developers for a new sports and entertainment complex were questioned...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:03:30 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=192</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=192</guid></item><item><title>Viewpoints: Strong-mayor push inspires citizens</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Katy Grimes: Mayor Kevin Johnson should not give up on his campaign to enhance the ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:02:19 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=191</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=191</guid></item><item><title>Kerridge quits as Sacramento city manager</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Ray Kerridge, Sacramento's embattled city manager, has resigned after four years in...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:01:26 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=190</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=190</guid></item><item><title>Magic Johnson might get role in effort for Kings arena in Natomas</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The sweepstakes for a new Kings arena may get another high-profile player: NBA lege...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:59:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=189</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=189</guid></item><item><title>Samepoint Ranks America's Most Social Mayors</title><description> New York: Samepoint, LLC, the leading search engine for finding and tracking consumer-generated opi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:57:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=188</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=188</guid></item><item><title>Task force spots flaws in arena proposals</title><description> Sacramento Press: Mayor Kevin Johnson’s volunteer task force on Thursday continued its second sessi...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:51:31 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=187</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=187</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena task force keeps asking: Where's the money?</title><description> Sacramento Bee: With the clock ticking on Sacramento's arena efforts, the spotlight refocused this ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:50:13 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=186</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=186</guid></item><item><title>Economy, council discord stymied Sacramento city manager</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Amid concerns about City Council friction, Sacramento officials laid the groundwork...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:49:27 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=185</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=185</guid></item><item><title>Hard Rock Cafe to close in Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Hard Rock Cafe, a downtown Sacramento landmark location with its 36-foot-high G...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:46:19 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=184</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=184</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Get over Hard Rock's demise and get a new arena</title><description> Sacramento Bee: This week, the city will accept applications to revive the 700 and 800 blocks of K ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:44:31 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=183</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=183</guid></item><item><title>Mayors, CEOs meet on California economy</title><description> Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal: Mayors of seven big California cities will meet private...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:28:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=181</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=181</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Council selects temporary city manager</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a unanimous vote, the Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday during a closed-door...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:25:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=180</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=180</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento City Council votes for independent budget analyst</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday night to create an independent budget ana...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:23:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=179</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=179</guid></item><item><title>Cal Expo faces fairground decision: Sell or stay?</title><description> Sacramento Bee: After 40 years of state fairs at now faded and outdated Cal Expo, should the state ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:18:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=178</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=178</guid></item><item><title>Arena proposals get assessment in online chat</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The task force charged with coming up with a viable plan to build a new arena for t...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:17:21 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=177</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=177</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson wins council support for budget analyst office</title><description> Sacramento Bee: He hasn't persuaded the City Council to get on board with his strong-mayor proposal...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:15:44 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=176</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=176</guid></item><item><title>Mayor outlines ambitious agenda for Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will launch a "green initiative" aimed at attracting...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:11:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=174</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=174</guid></item><item><title>Cal Expo board closes book on NBA arena negotiations</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The Cal Expo board of directors voted Friday to terminate a letter of understanding...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:10:38 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=173</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=173</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Mayor's green dream needs to go to the next level</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson, nothing if not ambitious, set the loftiest of goals in his sec...</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:09:14 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=172</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=172</guid></item><item><title>Text of Mayor Johnson's State of the City Address</title><description> State of the City Address | February 25, 2010 | ANSWER THE BELL | The mayor entered the stage to mu...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:06:35 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=171</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=171</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento building chief Bill Thomas resigns as probe of his agency continues</title><description> Sacramento Bee: His department is being investigated for reports of uncollected developer fees and ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:05:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=170</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=170</guid></item><item><title>United Football League expected to relocate team to Sacramento</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The United Football League is expected Wednesday to announce the move of its San Fr...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:04:49 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=169</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=169</guid></item><item><title>Local pols unified in lobbying for Kings' Evans for NBA Rookie of the Year</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Mayor Kevin Johnson held a pep rally of sorts in the foyer of City Hall to throw hi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:04:15 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=168</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=168</guid></item><item><title>Evans Generating Some Serious Political Capital</title><description> NBC Sports: Maybe political strategists have been wrong all along. The key to bipartisanship isn't ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:03:29 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=167</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=167</guid></item><item><title>UFL offers hope to dreamers</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Tim Brown waited patiently in the background for the festivities to end. The United...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:02:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=166</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=166</guid></item><item><title>Project will bring thousands of jobs</title><description> KCRA.com: Thousands of jobs will be available this summer thanks to the $50 million railroad track ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:01:40 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=165</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=165</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson responds to today's announcement on Round One of Race to the Top Funding</title><description> Today Mayor Kevin Johnson issued the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Dun...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:01:06 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=164</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=164</guid></item><item><title>Inside City Hall: Sacramento mayor, council to hear arena choices at same time</title><description> Sacramento Bee: As Mayor Kevin Johnson's volunteer arena task force entered the final stages last m...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:00:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=163</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=163</guid></item><item><title>Editorial Notebook: Volunteer, 95, is happy to help for five decades     </title><description> Sacramento Bee: Raynia Kinniston, still a pistol at 95 years young, puts nearly every other volunte...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:59:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=162</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=162</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Sacramento teachers must help solve budget crisis</title><description> California school districts are in a difficult position. With the downturn in the economy and chron...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:58:45 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=161</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=161</guid></item><item><title>Four Sacramento-area schools among state's lowest performers</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Four Sacramento-area schools have made the list of the state's lowest-performing sc...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:58:02 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=160</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=160</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento's new auditor's task: Look at building department practices</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The city of Sacramento has hired a new internal auditor - and one of his first task...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:57:18 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=159</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=159</guid></item><item><title>Kevin Johnson's winning streak: NBA, Sacramento City Hall, Michelle Rhee's heart</title><description> Washington Post: For months, Kevin Johnson walked around with an engagement ring wrapped in tissue....</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:56:05 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=158</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=158</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Sac City is a 'Teach for America' finalist</title><description> Editorial: One year ago, a panel at Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's education summit focused on te...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:55:28 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=157</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=157</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento vies for Teach for America teachers</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Sacramento is a finalist for Teach for America, a program that sends highly motivat...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:54:47 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=156</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=156</guid></item><item><title>Acting city manager has title changed to 'interim'</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Acting Sacramento City Manager Gus Vina was elevated to interim city manager Wednes...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:53:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=155</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=155</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena task force picks Kamilos-Taylor plan for railyard site</title><description> Sacramento Bee: The complicated land-swap plan that would put an arena at the downtown railyard is ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:52:37 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=154</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=154</guid></item><item><title>Task Force Report Brings Big News to City</title><description> It’s a monumental day for the city of Sacramento. The City Council will convene a Special Session t...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:51:01 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=153</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=153</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Forward. Finally.</title><description> Sacramento Press Editorial: Sacramentans should be enjoying a sigh of relief today, and a swell of ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:50:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=152</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=152</guid></item><item><title>Exclusive negotiating agreement quest proceeds for arena plan</title><description> Sacramento Bee: In a key step for a plan to build a new sports arena in the downtown railyard, the ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:49:07 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=151</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=151</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson's 2010 NCAA Bracket</title><description> NCAA March Madness begins this Thursday. Have you made your picks? Compare your bracket to Mayor Jo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:46:24 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=150</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=150</guid></item><item><title>Play Big -- And Smart</title><description> By Winnie Comstock, Comstock's Magazine: This month, Mayor Kevin Johnson’s Sacramento First Task Fo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:45:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=149</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=149</guid></item><item><title>Mayor Johnson discusses entertainment and sports complex, homelessness</title><description> Today Mayor Kevin Johnson held his weekly press conference to discuss the entertainment and sports ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:44:48 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=148</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=148</guid></item><item><title>Foon Rhee: Rosy predictions often come with financial thorns</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Beware of boosters promising an economic bonanza from a shiny new Sacramento arena....</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:27:36 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=146</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=146</guid></item><item><title>The Conversation: Reality check for arena project</title><description> Sacramento Bee: Ever since Gregg Lukenbill sneaked into Kansas City one night about 25 years ago an...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:26:55 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=145</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=145</guid></item><item><title>Ailene Voisin: Mayor has invaluable resource in Colangelo</title><description> Sacramento Bee: NBA players are a pampered, privileged bunch, and not accustomed to reaching out. O...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:26:11 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=144</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=144</guid></item><item><title>Marcos Breton: Hard times give Sacramento arena plan a shot</title><description> Sacramento Bee: It's ironic that on the same day Sacramento leaders showed unprecedented unity in s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:25:22 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=143</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=143</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena developer faces tight deadlines</title><description> Sacramento Bee: For months, developer Gerry Kamilos and partners have waited for the moment the cit...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:23:50 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=142</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=142</guid></item><item><title>Sacramento arena developer faces tight deadlines</title><description> Sacramento Bee: For months, developer Gerry Kamilos and partners have waited for the moment the cit...</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:20:39 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=141</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=141</guid></item><item><title>Editorial: Kerridge a victim of toxic politics</title><description> Sacramento Bee:  Some on the Sacramento City Council may be cheering the abrupt resignation of City...</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:44:46 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=19</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=19</guid></item><item><title>Campaign promotes bank accounts for city residents</title><description> Sacramento Bee:  Mayor Kevin Johnson announced an initiative Tuesday to help at least 6,000 city re...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:31:10 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=16</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=16</guid></item><item><title>Letters to the Editor: Sacramento needs big changes</title><description> Sacramento Bee:  Andrew G. Mattson: Even though I am a county resident, it is admirable of Mayor Ke...</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:17:13 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=11</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=11</guid></item><item><title>Mayor's task force receives seven arena proposals</title><description> Sacramento Bee:  Mayor Kevin Johnson's sports and entertainment task force announced Thursday eveni...</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:31:57 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=8</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=8</guid></item><item><title>Another View: Mayor has taken lead in addressing flood control</title><description> Sacramento Bee:  While Johnson has not received much media attention for his work on flood issues, ...</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:10:53 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=7</link><guid>http://www.kevinjohnson.com/NewsMedia/IntheNews.aspx?Article=7</guid></item></channel></rss>
