Sacramento levied $267,000 in illegal fireworks citations over the Fourth of July holiday, city officials said this week, the fruits of a get-tough strategy that ramps up enforcement and boosts fines for offenders.
Sacramento Fire Department and city code enforcement officers handed out 44 citations during the Indepedence Day enforcement period, July 2-5. That’s fewer than the 55 citations issued during last year’s holiday, the city said, but stiffer fines enacted by Sacramento leaders in June pushed the total to more than twice the roughly $100,000 collected in 2024.
“This year’s data shows that our new approach is working,” said Jason Lee, the city’s fire marshal. “We’re holding people accountable for unsafe behavior and focusing our enforcement efforts where they’re needed most. These citations send a clear message: illegal fireworks won’t be tolerated in Sacramento.”…