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CBS News
3 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
Sacramento's Hollywood Park residents push for long-awaited park as city navigates budget deficit
SACRAMENTO — Something's been missing from Sacramento's Hollywood Park community for more than seven decades: the park. Now, many residents say it's about time the city finally builds a public park, even though Sacramento is facing a multi-million-dollar budget deficit. "I feel like we have everything that we need here except for our park," said Claire Sallee, president of the Hollywood Park Neighborhood Association. Sallee says the community is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, but unlike other established neighborhoods, no city park was ever built there. "Maybe something happened with the plans, but what I do know is that we don't have one," she said. Sacramento's current goal is to have a park within a 10-minute walk of every home. But Hollywood Park is right in the middle of a park desert. The closest playground is nearly a mile away, across busy Fruitridge Road. "It's hard for the kids. They don't get to bike anywhere," Sallee said. A vacant two-acre lot on 23rd Street has been identified as the best spot for a new park, but paying for it is a problem. "It's really challenging to figure out how do you build a new park, how do you fund it, how do you maintain it," said City Councilmember Caity Maple. Maple is now proposing to create a new community financing district, something that didn't exist back in the 1950s when Hollywood Park homes were built but is common in new neighborhoods like Natomas. "I often have community members who come to me and say, 'Why do they get really nice parks and we don't?' And the answer is because it was a master planned community and those districts' fees were built in," Maple said. The proposal would require a vote to place an annual tax on the approximately 600 Hollywood Park homes. "I think that this would be such a benefit to our neighborhood," Sallee said. There are more than 80 other parts of Sacramento that don't have a nearby park, and if this pilot project is successful, it could be used in other neighborhoods. "I would love to see this if it makes sense and it works for this community to see this throughout the rest of the city of Sacramento," Maple said. City leaders say the proposed new fee could be placed on the June 2026 ballot, and other fundraising efforts would be held to help offset the cost of purchasing the property.
Associated Press
08-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
MWG Holdings' Leading Retail Brand Perfect Union to Sponsor NCIA Northern California Stakeholder Summit on April 10
Sr. Director of Government Affairs & Compliance Angelica Sanchez to Moderate Northern California Roundtable in Sacramento SACRAMENTO, CA - April 8, 2025 ( NEWMEDIAWIRE) - MWG Holdings Group, Inc. ('MWG'), a leading purpose-driven, locally-focused cannabis company with award-winning roots in the California medical and recreational markets, announced today its sponsorship of National Cannabis Industry Association's Northern California Stakeholder Summit 2025 on Thursday, April 10. The Summit will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. at The Sofia's Sutter Theatre, 2700 Capitol Ave., in Sacramento, California. Angelica Sanchez, MWG Holdings and Perfect Union's Senior Director of Government Affairs & Compliance, will moderate 'Northern California Roundtable: Operator Insights and Regulatory Perspectives,' taking place from 4 to 5 p.m. The panel will feature Sacramento Council member Caity Maple, alongside key policy leaders and industry experts, including Caren Woodson, Kristin Nevedal, Kimberly Cargile, and Ben Larson. 'Navigating California's evolving cannabis landscape requires collaboration between operators, regulators, and policymakers,' said Angelica Sanchez, Senior Director of Government Affairs & Compliance at MWG Holdings. 'The Northern California Stakeholder Summit provides an essential platform for these conversations, and I'm honored to moderate a discussion that brings together industry leaders to share insights, address challenges, and explore solutions that will drive the industry forward.' NCIA's Stakeholder Summits serve as a leading forum where members, advocates, regulators, and policymakers come together to discuss key policy and regulatory updates at both the state and federal levels. These events are designed to foster meaningful conversations that shape the future of the cannabis industry. Learn more about MWG Holdings, Inc.'s Perfect Union and Wild Seed Wellness stores at and To learn more about Northern California Stakeholder Summit 2025 and to register, click here. About MWG Holdings MWG Holdings Group, Inc. is California's largest wholly-owned, vertically-integrated cannabis company. Founded in 2017, MWG owns and operates 9 retail locations, including eight Perfect Union stores and one Wild Seed Wellness store, all of which achieved record-setting sales in 2024. The company's flagship Perfect Union store and its Fireworx Farms indoor grow are based in Sacramento, California, where MWG began as Magnolia Wellness 15 years ago. MWG's retail stores are consistently recognized for their award-winning brands and community-driven approach. MWG's management team leverages over a decade of experience building profitable cannabis businesses, having raised millions in capital and bringing the company to cash flow positivity. MWG's diverse and growing portfolio, featuring top brands like Blazy, 5G Pop, Cap City, 530 Grower, and Shake That solidifies its standing as an industry leader.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Safety projects on dangerous Sacramento roads could be fast-tracked if City Council approves
A Sacramento City Council committee will vote Tuesday on whether to shift funds toward a 'quick-build' program that would fast-track targeted road safety projects on dangerous roads. The Department of Public Works will make the proposal at the council's Budget and Audit committee meeting. A quick-build program could help curb the city's high traffic death toll through targeted interventions designed and built within a year. Currently, road safety projects often stall for years or decades. Citing the city's high traffic death rate, Councilmember Caity Maple said that this type of program is critical as an interim measure. 'Most of what we have historically done ... has been focused around the long-term projects, right? The transformative projects,' she said. The city will continue such work, but still, 'We can't really afford to wait.' Because the department is not asking for new money, Maple said, if the budget committee and the full City Council both approve the plan, the department could begin staffing a tactical urbanism team this spring. Under the proposal, six full-time-equivalent staffers would be focused solely on relatively fast and inexpensive safety improvements to city streets. A project in the quick-build mold made the intersection of Broadway and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard safer after a series of people drove their cars into a senior apartment complex on the corner. Those tweaks cost just $60,000. The vast majority of traffic deaths are preventable with changes to infrastructure, which is why the City Council made a 'Vision Zero' pledge in 2017 to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2027. In the years since the council set this ambitious goal, more than 300 people have died, and the city had not established a mechanism for making relatively rapid changes to infrastructure, even in the wake of fatal crashes. Since January 2024, at least 35 people have died in crashes on city streets: Mattie Nicholson, 56; Kate Johnston, 55; Jeffrey Blain, 59; Aaron Ward, 40; Michael J. Kennedy, 40; Federico Zacarias Cambrano, 28; Marvin Moran, 22; Sam Dent, 41; Daniel Morris, 38; Terry Lane, 55; David Rink, 51; James Lind, 54; Tyler Vandehei, 32; Jose Valladolid Ramirez, 36; Larry Winters, 76; Sau Voong, 84; Johnnie A. Fite, 82; Robert Kohler Jr., 50; Edward J. Lopez, 61; David D. Taylor, 60; José Luis Silva, 55; Geohaira 'Geo' Sosa, 32; Kaylee Xiong, 18; Muhammad Saddique, 64; Azure Amonti Daniels, 48; Duane Ashby, 35; Martin Chavez, 41; Daniel Lee Jennings Jr., 54; Jordan Nicolas Rodriguez, 38; Alfred Ramirez, 23; Nelson Lee, 64; and Lindie Kraushar, 53. On Jan. 31, Najah Islam became one of the first people to die on a Sacramento street this year. She was a passenger in a single-vehicle crash in Gateway West near North Natomas. Islam was 30. Among her survivors is her daughter — a toddler. Since Islam's death, two pedestrians have died in collisions. Jonathon T. Slaugh, 62, was killed Feb. 13 on Roseville Road. The second pedestrian, whose name has not yet been released by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office, was killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday in the River District. Of the 35 killed in 2024, 22 were pedestrians or cyclists, and two were on electric scooters. Separate from the quick-build program, the city will soon consider whether to declare a state of emergency over dangers to pedestrians and cyclists. Maple emphasized that the quick-build program would not replace other efforts — including long-term projects and the emergency resolution — to make city streets safer. 'This is an issue in our city,' she said, 'that needs to be addressed urgently.' Typically, transportation projects in California's capital, along with other municipalities, have relied heavily on both state and federal grants. The grants have made large-scale, expensive projects such as the changes underway on Broadway possible. A reliance on grants has also dramatically slowed the timeline for many street overhauls, which need separate competitive grants — which are never guaranteed — for each major stage of development. But local officials are now concerned that even that flawed and unreliable source of money could disappear. During President Donald Trump's second term, the White House has pursued vast cuts to government spending already authorized by Congress. That unpredictability at the federal level makes the quick-build program even more important, Maple said. 'As we see what's happening with the federal government, there's a lot of concern that we may not even have access to some of the grants that we historically have,' Maple said. 'And so we have to pivot as well and say, 'What can we do quickly while we continue to try and get these resources from the state and federal governments?''
