The Social Justice PolitiCast

#EyesOnLocalGovernment - This week Gabe breaks down a few items we have flagged for the Sac County Board of Supervisors meeting happening tomorrow, Tuesday, August 11 at 9:30am. Is anyone else having deja vu when it comes to the people asking for money to do shady things? Maybe it’s just us. But here we go again with the Sac Sheriff’s Department working with the feds, taking tax money that should be going to community programs and using it to fund law enforcement, and THEN wanting more money to crack down on the roving epidemic of…cannabis…What year is it?!? 

There is also a Jail System Master Planning Community Webinar Thursday, August 27, 2026 5:00 p.m. | Online via Zoom. You can register here.

Catch up before the webinar

If you're new to the project—or would like a refresher—you can review previous community engagement materials:

Check our full Running Agenda Tracker for the full breakdown.

Sky goes it alone in a sweaty rundown (look, I only have window units in my apartment, ok?) of last week’s controversial council meeting, plus flags what amounts to mostly a slowish week in Sac local gov this week.

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This week, Dr. Flo Cofer joins the cast to discuss the County Board of Supervisors meeting from last week (in which the Sheriff and DA took a special meeting to push back against budget cuts), and then she and Sky discuss the Anti-Terrorism grant funding item that was continued by City Council before the recess, and is coming back around tomorrow at the 2pm meeting. Plus, The City has introduced a new Public Participation Hub, so new stuff to have on your radar there as well. 

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Gabriel is back this week with an update on the Sacramento County Budget (didn't we already do this???). Item 65 on the Board of Supervisor's Agenda for their meeting on Tuesday, July 14th, is a reconsideration of the budget...what are they reconsidering? More money to cops and prosecutors of course...But we have a call to action! Decarcerate Sacramento is asking people to show up and let your voices be heard! You can find their full toolkit here 

If you're interested in reading Supervisor Rodriguez' bonkers take on public safety mentioned in the episode, read it here 

Sky goes it alone this week to catch you up on what’s happening at City Council this week. No County meetings, and next week everyone goes into recess for two weeks so we’ll be taking some time off from the pod!

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Today Gabe recaps all the drama from last week, and then he and Sky bring you up to speed on what is, thankfully, a lighter week at City Council and the Board of Supervisors meetings next week. 

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Today Sky and Keyan chat about the City budget, which is set to be adopted this week. The only thing is, they’re cutting several different police oversight measures and homeless services under the guise of fixing the deficit? Is any of this necessary? It turns out the answer is no, and Keyan has done the work and brings the receipts to prove it. See for yourself. 

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In this special episode Gabe is joined by Natasha Minsker, facilitator from the California Anti-Death Penalty Coalition. We are focusing on the role Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho has played in increasing the rates of inmates facing the death-penalty, and what the community can do to stop it:

"The Sacramento Anti-Death Penalty Coalition is organizing people to attend the Board of Supervisors' hearing on the budget. We will give public comment urging the Board to reduce the District Attorney's office budget, in light of the office's wasteful and harmful pursuit of the death penalty."

Wednesday June 10, 9:30-5

County Administration Center 700 H Street, Board Chambers (Room 1450) Sacramento, CA 95814

RSVP here 

Read the Coalition's open letter to the DA 

Check out the Coalition's death-penalty fact sheet

Today Sky goes it alone to bring you a preview of what’s coming this week. No County meetings, but we do have some items we flagged from the Budget & Audit Committee, as well as 2pm and 5pm Council meetings. 

There’s a rally tomorrow at 4:30pm, organized by a collection of some of Sac’s finest orgs who are trying to get people to show up for the 5pm meeting to advocate for the Public Bank viability study, which has been axed even though is it extremely cheap and not a big money saver for the City in terms of closing the budget gap. Come out and support!

Here’s what we have coming up, flag-wise:

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This week Gabe is joined by long-time Sac resident and community member, Elaine, to help us break down the items we have flagged for the week. Starting with Sac City Council on Tuesday, May 19 at 2pm and 5pm. Sac Board of Supervisors meeting happening on Tuesday as well, at 9:30am. 

We also have a special meeting happening this week on Wednesday at 2pm between the City and County. They're getting the band back together y'all! 

Check out our Running Agenda Tracker for the listed items, and linked agendas. 

If you would like to join as on the cast as a co-host fill out the interest form.