Sacramento leaders gathered near a mailbox in North Natomas on Friday morning to discuss the widespread issues in how the U.S. Postal Service tracks and safeguards mailboxes.
“This has been going on (by) really epidemic proportions in the last few years,” said Rep. Ami Bera, D-Sacramento, at the press conference.
Friday’s press conference follows last month’s audit by the Office of Inspector General on the deficiencies at three postal offices in Sacramento County — the Sacramento Main Post Office, the Fort Sutter Station and the Rancho Cordova Post Office. The postal service processed more than three billion pieces of mail volume in the Sacramento area in fiscal year 2024, according to the audit…