Carmen Lugo announced to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that she knew they’d already made their mind up about the Upper Westside Project.
So Lugo made a symbolic gesture, displaying a $75 check that she gave to former Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo to go toward a lawsuit to fight the project. If completed, the project could add 25,000 residents to unincorporated land west of Natomas that is currently largely vacant.
Following more than three hours of meeting time devoted to presentations by county staff and project representatives and approximately 75 public commenters, the board voted 5-0 to approve the long-running and controversial Upper Westside Project…