Three Words: Cal Poly Sacramento
Don’t Build a Money-Pit Arena For the Second-Rate Kings. Make an Investment That Will Transform (and Maybe Save) California’s Capital City.
We Californians need to help Sacramento.
Before you start hyperventilating, I’m not talking about our state government. I’m talking about the city and county, the capital region. With little notice or comment, this Sacramento has become one of the most economically distressed places in California. The housing bust and all those state budget cuts hammered employment in the capital region; homelessness is up, and there are fewer jobs now than there were a decade ago. Empty retail corridors in once-growing suburbs like Rocklin and Natomas are some of the bleakest places …