A power struggle is intensifying over a homeless oversight board that controls tens of millions of dollars annually — and few Sacramentans even know it exists.
Flying under the civic radar for literally decades, this board guides what is known as the Sacramento City and County Continuum of Care (CoC). The CoC board has long been predominantly led by private citizens, but in recent weeks, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is proposing to put elected officials in the majority.
But can they?…