Sacramento Mayor Steinberg talks Lunar New Year celebrations, town halls

WATCHING FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS SUNDAY. FROM RESPONDING TO SEVERE STORMS TO MEETING WITH MAYORS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HOSTING TOWN HALLS, BEING MAYOR OF SACRAMENTO COMES WITH A FULL SLATE AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG HAS BEEN ABLE TO CARVE TIME OUT FOR US THIS MORNING. MAYOR STEINBERG: IT’S GOING TO BE WITH YOU. MIKE: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? WE HAD A LOT OF WINTER STORMS. WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT HOW THE CITY RESPONSE TO CRISIS AND HOW TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE DISASTERS? MAYOR STEINBERG: I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF OUR CITY AND COUNTY WORKFORCE. THESE PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM, ALL OF THEM, UNSUNG, WERE OUT THERE HELPING SACRAMENTO GET THROUGH THIS 12,000 DRAIN INLETS THAT HAD TO BE CLEARED. WE HAD 1500 TREES DOWN. THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES. BUT WE WERE PREPARED. WHEN YOU THINK THE DECADES OF INVESTMENT,LEVEES, THAT REALL WHILE THERE WAS SOME TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH WORSE. I MEAN, THERE WAS GREAT INCONVENIENCE. BUT, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE INJURY. AND, MINIMAL DEATH. CONSIDERING THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STORMS, THAT PREPARATION REALLY PAID OFF. I AM VERY PROUD OF THE CITY AND VERY PROUD OF ALL OF THE PUBLIC OFFICIALS, ESPECIALLY LINE OFFICIALS, AT ALL OF THE AGENCIES WHO HELPS KEEP US SAFE AND NOW LAW — NOW ARE HELPING US RECOVER. MIKE: LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING WE HAVE SEEN ESPECIALLY OVER THE PAST WEEK, A FATAL SHOOTING DOWN THERE IN MONTEREY, IS THE CITY CONSIDERING BEEFING UP SECURITY FOR SOME OF THESE CELEBRATIONS? MAYOR STEINBERG: WE ARE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY AWARE AND VIGILANT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TAKING HEIGHTENED PRECAUTIONS FOR THE EVENTS. LET ME JUST SAY THAT — HOW HORRIBLE THESE EVENTS ARE. HOW SICKENING IT IS. WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE FORMALLY CALLED HATE CRIMES, THEY ARE CRIMES OF HATE. INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE VICTIMIZED. THE GOVERNOR SPOKE ELOQUENTLY AND I WANT TO SPEAK OUT TOO. GUN CULTURE IS BEYOND UNDERSTANDABLE. WHY IT IS WE ARE OK NATIONALLY WITH RAPIDFIRE ASSAULT WEAPONS, IT’S INSANITY. IT JUST CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND I HOPE THEY GOT IN THIS COUNTRY THERE WILL BE A POLITICAL RECKONING UNTIL WE GET SOME SAYING IN A NATIONAL POLICY ON, THAT HAVE NO OTHER PURPOSE BUT TO MAIM AND KILL PEOPLE. MIKE: YOU HELD A DISCUSSION THE OTHER NIGHT DISCUSSING HOUSING CONCERNS, PLANS FOR FOLKS THAT ARE HOUSE LIST. — HOMELESS. THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I KNOW WE HAVE STATISTICS. A LOT OF HOUSING ACROSS THE CITY. INFORM US ABOUT THE LATEST. MAYOR STEINBERG: EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE COVID CRISIS AND CHALLENGES WITH OUR DOWNTOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, STATE WORKERS NOT YET COMING BACK. BY THE WAY, I AM ADVOCATING VERY HARD WITH THE GOVERNOR, WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, LET’S GET BACK TO A BALANCED. AT LEAST, 2, 3 DAYS A WEEK THAT STATE WORKERS COME BACK BECAUSE DOWNTOWN NEEDS IT. IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE BUILT OVER 1800 HOUSING UNITS IN THE CENTRAL CITY. 3000 UNITS IN THE CITY. NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO, THE ECONOMY IN SOME WAYS IS BOOMING. SACRAMENTO, LOOK AT FORBES. FORBES NAMED SACRAMENTO AS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE. SO, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES. SOMETIMES I FEEL, AMONG SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, A LITTLE TOO MUCH HANDWRINGING. LET’S CELEBRATE GREAT THINGS HAPPENING. PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO INVEST IN SACRAMENTO. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WITH FESTIVALS THIS SUMMER AND FALL WITH A VISIT SACRAMENTO, THE COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL, AFTERSHOCK. WE WILL BECOME A CITY OF FESTIVALS. THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE IF WE STAY POSITIVE AND WE STICK TOGETHER. MAC-TEN A HANDGUN AND A RIFLE OF COURSE — MIKE: OF COURSE WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PUBLIC INPUT. TELL US ABOUT HAND — TOWN HALLS COMING UP. MAYOR STEINBERG: I WILL HAVE A SERIES OF TOWN HALLS. FOR ME IS NOT POLITICAL. IT’S PART OF MY SERVICE. I WANT CONNECTION WITH CONSTITUENTS. I HAVE MY FIRST TOWN HALL THAT WILL BE THE FIRST OF THE AT THE COLONIAL VILLAGE LIBRARY THIS SATURDAY. AT 10:00. WE HAVE A LARGE RSVP LIST AND WE WILL BE ADVERTISING THESE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. IT IS A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THEIR MAYOR AND ASK QUESTIONS OF THEIR MAYOR. AND FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT I AM PRIVILEGED TO REPRESENT. MIKE: OF COURSE THERE IS ENGAGESAC.ORG. WE HAD THAT ON OUR SCREEN A MOMENT AGO.

Increased security planned for Sacramento Lunar New Year celebrations, Mayor Steinberg says

Updated: 11:18 AM PST Jan 26, 2023

The city of Sacramento will have increased security as Lunar New Year festivities continue this weekend, Mayor Darrell Steinberg said. Appearing on KCRA 3 News on My58 Thursday, Steinberg said that in light of the fatal mass shooting in Monterey Park safety has been top of mind.”Whether or not these are called ‘hate crimes,’ they are crimes filled with hate,” Steinberg said.The mayor also spoke on other topics, including the city’s efforts to increase housing downtown. Over the last four years, the city says it’s added 1,809 dwelling units, with another 3,000 units currently under construction.The mayor also addressed the city’s response to the severe winter storms and is inviting community input at a series of town halls. The first town hall will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at West Campus High School. For more information, watch the video above.

The city of Sacramento will have increased security as Lunar New Year festivities continue this weekend, Mayor Darrell Steinberg said.

Appearing on KCRA 3 News on My58 Thursday, Steinberg said that in light of the fatal mass shooting in Monterey Park safety has been top of mind.

“Whether or not these are called ‘hate crimes,’ they are crimes filled with hate,” Steinberg said.

The mayor also spoke on other topics, including the city’s efforts to increase housing downtown.

Over the last four years, the city says it’s added 1,809 dwelling units, with another 3,000 units currently under construction.

The mayor also addressed the city’s response to the severe winter storms and is inviting community input at a series of town halls.

The first town hall will take place Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at West Campus High School.

For more information, watch the video above.