Residents could soon see Sacramento County’s elected officials discuss the homeless crisis in one place after the Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday to create a new, unified government structure to oversee the issue.
The Sacramento City Council approved a framework for a joint powers authority, or a JPA. The authority could include elected officials from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors — the county’s most powerful elected body — and the cities of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom and Rancho Cordova.
“This is going to be new,” said Ya-yin Isle, Sacramento’s housing manager. “This is going to be different. This is unlike other parts of California. We really haven’t seen a structure like this.”…