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Get your stories straight fellas - Elk Grove City Council members Robles, Suen offer conflicting justification for their 300 percent pay raise
Both city council members offered obtuse reasoning for the huge increase in salary
Politics & Government
Reports on national, state and local politics with a focus on Elk Grove, California.
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Elk Grove City Council meeting, September 25, 2024
Among the significant topics discussed was the approval of the $4.5 million expenditure to operate Elk Grove's year-round homeless shelter
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Will Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen try suppressing free speech again?
Aside from her ignorance on her opponents constitutionally guaranteed First Amendment rights, Singh-Allen failed to realize other candidates challenged city council member on the dais.
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Gov. Newsom flogs Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen for her fair housing debacle at bill signing ceremony
Newsom discussed new RHNA standards that will bring more supportive affordable housing units that Elk Grove has resisted to address homelessness and affordability.
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Area 7 candidate Heidi Moore thanks EGUSD trustees, says more work needed on parents' rights
Moore is challenging to unseat three-term incumbent EGUSD Trustee Carmine Forcina for the Area 7 seat.
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EGUSD Trustees notified Elk Grove Mayor and former trustee accepts tobacco cash
None of the mayor's allies have commented on this unusual cash donation.
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Elk Grove policy influencer thanks mayor, city council for blocking affordable housing project
A policy influencer compelled Mayor Singh-Allen to block a supportive affordable housing project for disabled people in Old Town-Historic Downtown Elk Grove.
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Recapping Elk Grove's homeless shelter meeting; How the city is approaching homelessness post Johnson v. Grants Pass, Oak Rose
Residents must be referred by “navigators” who will ensure that out of town homeless will not be queuing up
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Bars, drinking establishments to double in Old Town-Historic Downtown Elk Grove
"We do not have the ability to issue any more CUPs for bars, breweries, wineries or the like," planning manager Antonio Ablog told the city council.
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'This isn’t a community forum' - Words of wisdom from a labor thug at a SMART transit forum
As noted, the District56 transit panel discussion had more staff suits than the public in attendance.
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'The city of Elk Grove should have followed the law' A.G. Bonta says as Oak Rose housing lawsuit is settled
"They settled with the developer and thought they settled with us," Attorney General Rob Bonta said. "We are not the developer."
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Gov. Newsom, A.G Bonta holding joint news conference today on the Oak Rose fair housing lawsuit against Elk Grove
Given that the statement did not mention a settlement or include Elk Grove officials like Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen, could be interpreted that the state's lawsuit against the city will continue.