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Meet with your County Supervisor and hear what is happening in your community. Sacramento County District 4 Supervisor Sue Frost has announced her 2020 Community Meeting calendar. I am continuing my pledge to constituents to hold regular meetings in the various parts of my district, in an attempt to be as accessible to you as possible….
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By County Supervisor Sue Frost From 2017 to 2019, the county’s homeless population grew by a staggering 19%. If we did not have the formal count to tell us the homeless problem was getting worse, many of us could have guessed just based on what we see happening throughout our communities. I know that because…
By County Supervisor Sue Frost I voted against the proposed emergency ordinance that would have blocked landlords from legally evicting tenants – and I wanted you to know why. I voted against the ban on “no fault eviction” because it’s a false promise that does nothing to address the core problem and actually might make…
By County Supervisor Sue Frost Earlier this year, in an attempt to curb teen smoking, the City of Sacramento voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products (including flavored e-cigarette cartridges), and soon the County of Sacramento will be facing a decision on whether or not to follow suit. Since this is a controversial…
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By County Supervisor Sue Frost Earlier this year, Governor Newsom announced that he was going to make housing his top priority, and called for 3.5 million new homes to be built in California within six years. I believe this is a laudable top priority, and have previously written about the great need in our region…
By County Supervisor Sue Frost There is a bill quickly making its way through the California Legislature (AB 392) that if passed, will create a highly subjective standard for evaluating and holding law enforcement officers criminally liable for using force when responding to life-or-death situations based on hindsight, without providing any extra training to officers….
