2024 elections
Developers, construction interests pour cash into Elk Grove Unified's $542 million bond measure
If approved, the $542 million bond will be repaid over 30 years at a cost of $1.06 billion.
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2024 elections
Elk Grove Democratic voters receive state party proposition recommendation list, endorsement of Assemblymember Nguyen
Trouble for Darren Suen as he seeks to unseat his former boss?
Environmental News
Tribes, Environmental Groups Address Fundamental Flaws with Delta Tunnel Project Hearings
The Delta Conveyance Project is a proposed 40-foot-wide underground tunnel to move water south
Opinion
Elk Grove News Minute - The world is not Bobbie Singh-Allen’s oyster and she’s no pearl
Proposition 36 is helping the Elk Grove mayor statewide.
2024 elections
Mayoral candidate Lynn Wheat likens zoo construction costs as an Elk Grove taxpayer credit card debt with no expiration date
There is widespread skepticism among elected officials and high-level public executives who spoke to Elk Grove News about the Sacramento Zoological Society's ability to raise its share of the $300 million.
Politics & Government
Councilmember Kevin Spease thanked for standing with taxpayers, opposing 300% pay raise for Elk Grove mayor and her councilmen
Councilmember Darren Suen had suggested that the pay increase was needed because of the extra expenses of being a city council member, such as dry cleaning
Politics & Government
Gov. Newsom appoints 3 judges to Sacramento Superior Court
Politics & Government
Elk Grove City Council meeting, October 9, 2024
Politics & Government
After a five-year vacancy, Elk Grove hires assistant city manager
Current city manager was the city's immediate past assistant city manager.
Politics & Government
After leaving his Assembly Chief of Staff job, Darren Suen laying groundwork for quixotic run against former boss
Most chiefs of staff assent to the position after working other capitol staff jobs, so when Suen was hired, Nguyen afforded him a rare opportunity to enter at the top of the Capitol's food chain.
Law and Justice
Video released by Elk Grove Police displays effectiveness of surveillance cameras
Adult teenager was arrested and booking into the county jail.
Opinion
'Don't Put Your Fingers in the Cage!' Is Elk Grove poking its fingers into the Zoo's business?
The status of the Sacramento Zoological Society's fundraising effort has been kept confidential, and I don't expect the City or Zoo to report directly on the funding progress.