The years-long quest to better manage homelessness among governments in Sacramento County appears to have achieved a breakthrough.
The Sacramento City Council has unanimously agreed on the powers that a new countywide joint powers authority on homelessness would wield. And a key member of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is supportive of the concept.
The key, it turns out, is to create a JPA with little actual authority to do anything. Instead, the concept is largely a venue where county and city leaders can routinely meet in public and make progress through communication and collaboration…