As Sacramento heads into the colder months with a new mayor and top executive, the city has been charting a new course to address one of the city’s most contentious questions– how to approach the issue of homelessness.
Last month, the city council voted to go ahead with a number of new initiatives to get people into shelter. Those include a safe camping site, a safe parking site, a couple permanent supportive housing complexes and four tiny home villages focused mainly on housing elderly residents with a total of 160 units.
CapRadio’s Local Government Reporter Riley Palmer recently spoke with Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty on the city’s tiny home approach, and the social services Sacramento plans to include in each community…