SMART to hold candidate transportation forum for Sacramento Board of Supervisors, Sacramento City Council races

Nonpartisan nonprofit Sacramento Metro Advocates for Rail and Transit (SMART) will hold a transit- and climate change-focused candidate forum Mon. Oct. 17, 5:30-8:15 pm, at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria downtown.

Candidates for all open Sacramento City Council seats and Sacramento County Board of Supervisors D5 will participate. Journalists from Capital Public Radio, KCRA, The Sacramento Bee and The Sacramento Observer will moderate.

We hope you will attend in person, or watch the live stream or recording. If journalists wish to attend for only one or a portion of the panels, that’s fine. For your convenience, we are including the forum schedule at the bottom of this email, with the caveat that exact panel start times may vary.

Transportation is central to how we live our lives. It comprises a major living expense for most people, and lack of public transit reduces access to things like jobs, school, medical care, and social services. Meanwhile, gas-powered vehicles are the top contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in Sacramento.

We need less traffic on our roads — and in its place, we need cleaner, more affordable, and more equitable solutions to transportation. But how? The candidates at this forum will have critical power over whether Sacramento invests in safe, affordable and low-emission transportation like mass transit.

Thank you to the American Public Transportation Association, whose grant made this forum possible.

Details to attend the forum in person

Monday, October 17, 2022

5:30 – 8:15 p.m.; Doors at 5

Tsakopoulos Library Galleria

828 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814

Details to watch forum live stream or recording

• The forum will be live streamed from SMART’s YouTube channel: bit.ly/WatchForumSMART
• Recordings will also be available from the same YouTube channel after the event

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Forum schedule + who will be there

• 5:00 pm – Doors open
• 5:30 – 5:35 pm – Welcome remarks
  • SMART Leadership, Emel Wadhwani
• 5:35 – 5:40pm – Ground rules
  • Capital Public Radio Climate Reporter Manola Secaira provides introduction of candidates, explanation of ground rules, and outline of forum format
• 5:40 – 6:10 pm – Sacramento County D5 Supervisor Candidate forum
  • Candidates: Pat Hume, Jaclyn Moreno
  • Moderator: Capital Public Radio Climate Reporter Manola Secaira
• 6:10 – 6:15pm – First Break
• 6:15 – 6:50 pm – Sacramento City Council D1 Candidate Forum
  • Candidates: Lisa Kaplan, Alyssa Lozano
  • Moderator: KCRA 3 News Meteorologist and Climate Reporter Heather Waldman
• 6:50 – 6:55pm – Second Break
• 6:55 – 7:30 pm – Sacramento City Council D3 Candidate Forum
  • Candidates: Michael Lynch, Karina Talamantes 
  • Moderator: The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board Member Yousef Baig
• 7:30 – 7:35pm – Final Break
• 7:35 – 8:10 pm – Sacramento City Council D5 Candidate Forum
  • Candidates: Tamiko Heim, Caity Maple
  • Moderator: The Observer Media Group President & Publisher Larry Lee
• 8:10 – 8:15 pm – Closing remarks
  • The Observer Media Group President & Publisher Larry Lee
  • SMART Co-Chair Glenda Marsh

About SMART

SMART is a non-partisan, not-for-profit, broad-based coalition of business, labor, transportation, environmental, neighborhood, faith-based, and community leaders founded in 2019 to educate, organize, and advocate for expanded and improved rail and transit services for the Sacramento region.

As a 501(c)3 organization, with Valley Vision as fiscal sponsor, SMART does not endorse candidates for political office.