Today, we are joined by former City Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, who gives us the rundown on the upcoming weekly budget discussions coming up all throughout the month of March, what to look out for, and why these conversations or so important for the community to be keeping an eye on.

Here’s what’s coming up tomorrow at City Hall:

City Council, Tuesday, 3/3/26, 2pm

• Item 16: 2027 Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) One-Year Action Plan Federal Programs Allocation Process Workshop Number One

• Item 17: Early Budget Work Session - Budget Context and Balancing Scenarios

City Council, Tuesday, 3/2/26, 5pm

• Item 3: Resolution Establishing Business Operating Permit Fees for Cannabis Consumption Lounges (Continued from last week’s meeting)

• Item 4: Extension of the Opportunity to Apply for and Operate a Storefront Cannabis Dispensary for the Cannabis Opportunity Reinvestment and Equity (CORE) Program

NO COUNTY BOS MEETINGS THIS WEEK!

Some light reading, for context:

• Sacramento city, county find ‘significant concerns’ at public housing agency
• Streamline Sacramento boosts housing and economic development processes in first year (from the City, in their words)

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