SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Mark Velasquez buried his 12-year-old daughter, Sammy, at Sacramento’s Odd Fellows Cemetery two years ago, he realized something few people think about until it’s too late, the city is running out of affordable public places to bury its dead.
“My daughter passed away from cancer almost two years ago, two days before her 13th birthday,” Velasquez said.
Velasquez, who is attorney and advocates for the creation of a new public cemetery district, said many families can’t afford private burials based on the average income in Sacramento. He said the city needs to plan now before the problem becomes a crisis…