Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty leads the city’s homeless response with his values front and center,and he is starting with City Hall.
“No matter how you feel about homelessness, I think it bothers your heart to see people who are sleeping in the cold or the heat,” McCarty said. “But I also have a value of common sense that public places that the community uses are not appropriate for people to have campsites and overnight camping.”
McCarty’s common sense is leading him to make a change in the city charter that allows for unhoused people to be at the capital. McCarty wants to prohibit that from continuing…