Dec 20, 2024 · Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg has made racial equity a paramount initiative during his eight years in office, investing in commercial corridors, creating a department of community response, and hiring an inspector general to investigate police shootings, in an effort to change the culture at City Hall.

Dec 26, 2024 · “Get off of me,” Koya can be heard screaming. Preliminary autopsy results indicate Koya died from complications of a pulmonary embolism. As the medical emergency occurred while Koya was in police custody, the Sacramento Police Department initiated an in-custody death investigation.

Dec 21, 2024 · There are a lot of similarities between Marion, Orr and Wood. The three men, all Black, are considered innovators and visionaries – with Dr. Wood launching a new Black Honors College to support African American academic achievement; with Orr elevating sports programs through bold coaching hires which led to playoffs appearances in football and …

Dec 27, 2024 · JANUARY. Ikea Imari Hood, a 17-year-old teen mother, was killed in Dallas on Jan. 7, days after giving birth.Her 17-year-old, on-again-off-again boyfriend was arrested and charged with her murder. Josephine Wright, a South Carolina great-great-grandmother who fought developers to keep her family’s land and preserve Gullah Geechee culture, died Jan. 7 …

Nov 12, 2024 · The modifications to LCFS arrived after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation legislation to help prevent gas price spikes.. Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), voted for the Newsom-backed measure to protect consumers from gas prices spikes, but during the special session he said many people of color in his South Los ...

Dec 20, 2024 · OBSERVER 2024 Person of The Year: Dr. Luke Wood, President of Sacramento State, is leading the way in creating pathways and access to the campus for minoritized students, launching the nation's first Black Honors College and becoming the first to be designated a Black-serving institution by the state of California.

Nov 25, 2024 · Governor Gavin Newsom has announced an $827 million investment through the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program to tackle homelessness across California, with funds being allocated to 37 regions, benefiting 100 cities and counties statewide.

Sep 27, 2024 · Slavery wasn’t officially legal in California but was tolerated in the state’s early history.The formal apology was one of more than 100 recommendations made in a 2023 report by a California task force on reparations for the effects of slavery. The panel found that discriminatory laws and unlawful property seizures contributed to significant gaps in …

3 days ago · For more than 60 years, The Observer has provided award-winning coverage of Sacramento’s African American community. We believe that our work — just like the community we serve — has value.

Dec 30, 2024 · I had a bill that was an urgency measure that was signed in June. It creates a new class for high school students to learn about financial literacy; to learn about dollars and cents and what it means to be a young person today as far as credit cards, student debt, buying a house and all the things that come that come with being an adult.