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Elk Grove, CCSD will get free billboard ads At their Wednesday, January 25 meeting, the Elk Grove City Council unanimously approved the removal of three billboards that a larger electronic one will replace. The three old and one new replacement billboard are on the city’s southside along northbound Highway
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Brewer, Robles break city council’s unwritten dress code If there has been one constant on the Elk Grove City Council for at least 15 years, it has been the male members of the council have consistently presented with a jacket and tie, and women members have always dressed professionally.
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Typically a city council ally, this Elk Grove citizen criticizes the process The oversight committee will monitor revenues and expenditures of Elk Grove’s Measure E, which increased sales taxes in the city by one percent. The tax increase will provide the city with an additional $23 million annually. Measure
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Elk Grove Citizen cast dispersions on the committee’s role With the passage last November of Elk Grove’s $23 million annual sales tax increase under Measure E, the Elk Grove City Council took a step to establishing a citizen’s oversight committee at their Wednesday, January 25 meeting. As
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Spease promises to protect taxpayers During the Wednesday, January 25, 2023, meeting of the Elk Grove City Council, a stark warning was issued by Elk Grove Vice Mayor Kevin Spease on the proposed relocation of the Sacramento Zoo. Read more about this topic here.
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Citizen asks the city council, mayor who pays During the Wednesday, January 25, 2023, Elk Grove City Council meeting, a resident asked the question that is on the mind of many taxpayers. The Mayor and City Council asked who pays for the proposed relocation of the Sacramento Zoo to a
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Spease says, “that’s my warning signal for the future” By a unanimous vote, the Elk Grove City Council approved an additional $800,000 expenditure for the Sacramento Zoo relocation project. The vote was taken at the Wednesday, January 25, regular city council meeting. According to a presentation to the
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Garbage cans being inspected randomly During his administrative report during the Wednesday, January 25 Elk Grove City Council meeting, City Manager Jason Berhmann reported garbage inspections in Elk Grove are underway. Behrmann said the city’s contracted garbage collector, Republic Services, was randomly inspecting residents’ organic garbage containers. Those who
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Millions of taxpayer dollars already spent on Elk Grove Zoo When the Elk Grove City Council meeting this Wednesday evening, they will be asked to transfer $800,000 from the city’s reserve funds to the fund for the proposed zoo project. According to the staff report for the agenda
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New law seeks to limit overt political influence A bill signed in September by Gov. Gavin Newsom that became effective January 1 will influence how local officials throughout California finance their campaigns. That legislation, Senate Bill 1439, amends the 1982 so-called Levine Act. The legislation will close loopholes that allowed
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This week Elk Grove News marked its 15th anniversary. The website was launched on January 11, 2008. It was not launched as a money-making endeavor, for popularity purposes, or to have the most followers or likes. Listen Time 2 Minutes
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One distinguishing habit of Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen when she is conducting a city council meeting is her bellowing laugh. While we all can enjoy laughter at the appropriate times during an official meeting, the Mayor seems to laugh at innocuous comments (see video below) from the public she