Sacramento’s $961 million budget plan funds development efforts, homeless services [Sacramento Bee]

See recent Sacramento Bee article about city budget planning. Funds are being proposed for a couple of priority areas that the Sacramento ACEs Connection group are addressing but is it enough to address what is needed here in Sacramento?

Sacramento would direct money toward development in the railyard and along the riverfront, as well as pay for homeless needs and after-school programs under a $961.1 million budget proposed Monday by City Manager John Shirey for the upcoming fiscal year.

Shirey’s budget calls for $1 million for homeless services, an expenditure that he sees as a more permanent budget fixture than in the past. The city hired a homeless services coordinator to manage city dollars and to collaborate with Sacramento Steps Forward and nonprofits providing homeless services.

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Aerial view of the railyard and downtown in October 2015 in Sacramento. Continued funding for a project manager for the railyard innovation district is included in a proposed city budget. Randy PenchSacramento Bee file

The budget also includes $1.2 million in continued funding for the Mayor’s Gang Prevention and Intervention Task Force.