In a key step for a plan to build a new sports arena in the downtown railyards, the Sacramento City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to direct city staff to work with the proposal’s development team on the language for a six-month exclusive negotiating agreement. The council will have final say on the terms of the negotiating agreement next month. If the terms are finalized, city staff and the developers behind the plan – called Convergence – would spend 180 days working out several details of the proposal.
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Weed Wars: Fighter for Sacramento dispensaries seizes the pot light
With bandages running up both sides of his neck, Ryan Landers cast a poignant profile as he stepped into the old Sacramento City Hall last Thursday. He turned out for the hearing on a plan to cap dispensaries in the capital city at a dozen and impose strict rules on their operations. “I think there is still a chance to work with them on this,” Landers said as he prepared to address city staff on what to do about 39 registered marijuana dispensaries in Sacramento
Dispute over value of Sacramento railyard land goes to arbitrator
A three-year, multimillion-dollar land dispute between the city of Sacramento and the downtown railyard owner landed before a court arbitrator this week. The disagreement is over the value of 33 acres the city is buying from Thomas Enterprises – a small corner of the railyard that took on big proportions last week when it emerged as the likely site for a sports and entertainment facility to replace Arco Arena. A mayoral task force last week recommended that the city negotiate with a developer who proposes to privately finance an arena just behind the I Street train depot.
Court in SF to rehear Nazi salute case
A California man who was ordered removed from a Santa Cruz City Council meeting after making a one-armed Nazi salute has won another day in court.
Court in SF to rehear Nazi salute case
A California man who was ordered removed from a Santa Cruz City Council meeting after making a one-armed Nazi salute has won another day in court. The Ninth U.S
3-day-a-week watering for yards begins today
OWEN BREWER Bee file, 2001 Surgeons perform a cataract operation as part of the Mission Cataract USA program.
Sac PD floods gang area in anti-crime sweep
Sacramento police took advantage of a slow shift Thursday night and saturated Meadowview’s Nedra Court, one of the city’s notorious gang hangouts, in hopes of suppressing criminal activity there, according to authorities. The street, flanked by apartment complexes, was the site of a 15-year-old girl’s killing in January
Sacramento task force picks Kamilos plan for railyard arena
Gerry Kamilos, developer of a proposal involving land swaps of Cal Expo and Arco Arena, listens to the Sacramento First Task Force as it outlines why his plan received the top rating at a special City Council meeting Thursday. Now comes the heavy lifting. Sacramento council members said Thursday that they are open to negotiating with the developer proposing an arena for the downtown railyard that requires a land swap involving Cal Expo and Arco Arena.
Sacramento mulls plan to cap medical pot dispensaries at 12
Ryan Landers of a medical marijuana advocacy group addresses a meeting Thursday about Sacramento officials’ plan to allow no more than 12 medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. “This proposal would kill myself and other patients in similar situations,” he said.
Sacramento Bee: Arena task force picks land swap plan
The Sacramento Bee reports the mayor’s arena task force likes the land swap proposal, which would bring an arena to the downtown railyard. The panel delivers its report to the City Council at 11:30 a.m.
