A group of North Natomas residents is seeking a temporary restraining order to stop a planned homeless shelter for senior citizens from opening in their neighborhood.
The “micro-community,” to be filled with 40 tiny homes at the corner of Arena Boulevard and El Centro Road come January, has drawn ire in North Natomas for months. Dozens flocked to City Hall, wielding signs and voicing pleas for Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty, Sacramento City Manager Maraskeshia Smith and other council members to halt construction.
Now, a newly formed organization of North Natomas residents, called the Advisory Council for Legal and Ethical Oversight, on Monday launched its court challenge after McCarty and Smith suggested during a recent town hall with The Sacramento Bee that shelter construction will proceed. City leaders have said the shelter would be temporary, hence tiny homes rather than a permanent structure, though they have not specified exactly how long it would be open…