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IRONWORKS IN WEST SACRAMENTO Rare Tower Àoor plan featuring a true loft where the master suite is the entire 3rd Àoor. Relax in the oversized soaking tub or unwind on the large balcony. 2 bedroom 2 bath, completely updated with granite kitchen counters, quartz bathroom counters and hardwood Àoors. $425,000 BETH SHERMAN 916-800-4343 NATHAN SHERMAN 916-969-7379
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SOUTH LAND PARK TERRACE This mid-century ranch is brimming with light and refreshed for you. 3 bedrooms 1½ baths, spacious family room, charming breakfast nook, and huge laundry room. New quartz counters and tile Àoor in the kitchen plus a gas stove. New vanity and tile Àoor in hall bath. Hardwood Àoors, and charming ¿replace. $499,900 SHEILA VAN NOY 916-505-5395
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SPACIOUS SOUTH LAND PARK Wonderful property on .42 of an acre with a guesthouse, pool, ¿re pit and spacious home! 4 bedrooms 3½ baths, beautiful Pecky Cedar vaulted ceiling and ¿replace made with cobbles from Old Sac. Guest house is perfect for guests to enjoy with its own kitchen and bath. This is a must see-just too much to list! $800,000 PAULA SWAYNE 916-425-9715
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DARLING CORUM VILLAGE HOME South Land Park area home ready for its new owners! This 3 bedroom home offers a great Àoorplan with a living room and dining room combo, kitchen with a nook area, indoor laundry and 3 large bedrooms. Beautiful hardwood Àooring, new paint and a freshly remodeled bathroom. $310,000 TINA SUTER 916-247-9262, TIM COLLOM 916-247-8048
LAND PARK DUPLEX Large Land Park Duplex. 2 bedrooms each side with garages and private back yards. Central heat and air, hardwood Àoors and all the cute nooks and crannies you expect in an original Land Park charmer. Minutes to downtown, schools, shops and freeways. Both sides have ¿replaces. $785,000 LISA McCAULEY 916-601-5474
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SWEET ROSA DEL RIO HOME What a delightful 2 bedroom 2 bath home in this South Land Park planned unit development. Light and bright and cheery. Open, vaulted ceilings, pretty Àoors and loads of windows. Easy maintenance yards. HOA dues cover front yard mowing, roof, exterior maintenance, includes clubhouse, pool and tennis courts. $280,000 PAULA SWAYNE 916-425-9715
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CHARMING 7th AVENUE HOME 4 bedroom 3 bath featuring remote downstairs master bedroom with ¿replace and outside access. Bonus room upstairs (currently playroom). Formal living and dining room with beautiful wood Àoors. Light bright kitchen with granite counters, breakfast nook and pantry closet. $859,000 KIM SQUAGLIA 916-205-2681 TIM COLLOM 916-247-8048
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SUPER CUTE HOLLYWOOD PARK 2 bedroom 2 bath home close to local schools, Raley’s, sushi and more! Fantastic Hollywood Park location. Master suite is a rare ¿nd and boasts jetted tub, separate shower, dual shower heads and walkin closet. Updated and open kitchen, dual pane windows, hardwood Àoors and brand new water heater. $409,000 JAMIE RICH 612-4000
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’ve always thought owning a restaurant was one of the toughest jobs around. Thirty years ago when living in San Francisco, I had a friend who was a restaurant consultant. When we first met, I naively asked why an owner would need to hire her. In those days, the San Francisco restaurant scene was in its heyday. New places had opened everywhere. Tables at popular spots were hard to book. What she shared profoundly changed how I viewed the industry. First, she explained restaurants tended to keep much longer hours than other retail businesses. The products they sold were fresh and perishable, making waste a
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constant threat. Employees had the potential to steal food and alcohol. In those days, food service primarily revolved around cash, which carried the risk of robbery. Food-service workers were often more transient than employees of other businesses. My friend also pointed out restaurants required a large investment just to open the doors. And once open, weeks were needed to resolve training and service issues with staff not accustomed to working together. All this happened while customers—if the restaurant owners had money left for marketing—were eager to judge the new place and test its worthiness. A restaurant must get many things right. If the menu has limited courses, each dish should be perfect, or the verdict will be negative. A billing error could make a customer not return. When a dining experience is topnotch, customers tend to be generous. But if there are problems, they can be brutal. Some folks, like me, tend to address a bad meal or poor service
politely and discreetly to the waiter or manager. But others can be loud and obnoxious, especially if consuming alcohol. And folks with bad experiences share them. While these challenges mostly hold true today, there are new pressures unheard of three decades ago. Social media has taken criticism to a new and often brutal level. Of course, a good experience can be widely shared. But criticism tends to drive much of social media. Rather than talk to a restaurant manager and try to help them improve, it’s easier to slam them on Yelp. From what I hear, most business owners despise Yelp. It promotes the most critical reviews and expects
businesses to advertise on Yelp to counter the criticism. It’s a no-win situation for many owners. Sadly, our society has become far less forgiving. We are blessed that Sacramento has a lively and interesting restaurant scene to match our status as America’s farmto-fork capital. Our Inside Sacramento book features about 75 great places to eat. In the second edition just published, we removed several businesses that closed since the first book was released in 2016. And each month in our magazine pages, we review a dining establishment. In our more than 20 years, we have never run a negative review. Occasionally, there might be negative comments. But since our
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point for new bars and restaurants. The Sacramento Business Journal reported with more than 200,000 square feet of new eateries and watering holes opening in the central city by year’s end, there’s a good chance that supply will outstrip demand, according to Colliers International Sacramento. Mark Engemann, a senior vice president at Colliers who specializes in retail properties, said dining places have become more common in retail spaces because they are local experiences as opposed to retailers of soft goods. In the past decade, retail has been decimated, first from the recession and internet competition, and more recently from rising rents. Restaurants face their own challenges as concepts aimed at midmarket struggle.
The report says in Downtown and Midtown, openings in the past three months have created a crowded market for new restaurants. The western half of Downtown Commons, adaptive reuse project 700K, The Bank on J Street and Ice Blocks in Midtown are poised for at least one, and typically more than one, new restaurant or bar to open before 2019. Together, these two neighborhoods account for more than 70 percent of Sacramento’s new openings in 2018. More restaurants are planned for East Sac, West Sac and Arden-Arcade. Engemann says residential growth could eventually support the locations opened this year, but possibly not for another two to three years, or longer. While the bar and restaurant concepts are not new, in many cases
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they backfill empty spaces where a previous concept failed. Engemann says most restaurants look for secondgeneration space to keep costs down. With higher fees and rising tenantimprovement expenses, being the first restaurant in a location is risky. Engemann predicts the possibility of a shakeout. He counsels that restaurants or bars must draw from nearby residential areas, rather than expect customers to drive from suburbs, especially on nights and weekends. At Inside Publications, we are lucky to have a stable group of loyal restaurant advertisers. They understand our direct-mail delivery ensures neighbors around their locations know they are ready for business.
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Pumpkin • Pecan • Berry • Apple But more new restaurants rely exclusively on social media to advertise their presence. Honestly, I’ve never been enticed to a new place by social media. I usually find out about a restaurant by seeing the new business, meeting the owners, or hearing from a friend. And what about all the customers who have never engaged in or have opted out of social media? They need to be reached. As restaurants multiply, local dining dollars don’t expand at the same rate. And while social media can drive folks to new places, there’s a risk they won’t become loyal customers. Many people follow social media buzz and hop from place to place. Longtime restaurant owners see this all the time. The new kid on the block gets the attention. But unless they
can deliver long-term value and great service, folks quickly move on. This is why I’m so impressed by our prominent and successful Sacramento restaurateurs, including Randy and Stacy Paragary, Matt and Fred Haines, the Fat family, the Selland family, Rick Mahan, Ernesto Delgado and Patrick and Bobbin Mulvaney. And those are just the owners I personally know. There are many others who put their hearts and souls into this local industry. And they succeed against tremendous competition. It will be an interesting and challenging year ahead for this venerable and formidable Sacramento industry. Cecily Hastings can be reached at publisher@insidepublications.com. n
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Rising Stars COMEDY, BURLESQUE HEADLINE TALENT LAUNCH
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tarting this month, the hottest new talent in town takes center stage every third Saturday for the Sacramento Emerging Artist Showcase at The Sofia at 2700 Capitol Ave. The program is a group effort by The Siren, B Street Theatre and Submerge magazine to promote new performers. The venue is Upstairs at the B. Each month, the showcase supports local alternative artists with 10 acts of various genres. The entertainers have up to four years of experience. Every performer is provided with a professional headshot and event photos of their performance, a professionally recorded video and— most importantly—audience feedback. Throughout the show, attendees can
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anonymously text feedback, which the artists review later. “This vision includes not just a midsize, professional stage space, but also an educational platform whose impact could extend far beyond the doors of our physical location,” says event host Jay Siren. The first installment takes place Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. and features comedians Ngaio Bealum and Mike Cella, burlesque performers ChaCha Burnadette and Andria Starling, and variety performer Amy Sigil. For information, visit bstreettheatre. org and thesirenevents.com.
the photo will be featured in the association newsletter and posted at the rescue facility and on Facebook and Instagram. Submit photos to the WCA Facebook page (search “wildlifecareassociation”) as a message with photo attachment. Include your email address, where the photo was taken and your best guess of the type of bird. The contest is open through Dec. 31. For information, call (916) 965-WILD.
YOUTH CENTER OPENS ITS ARMS Wind Youth Services and Golden 1 Credit Union have opened the Wind Youth Center, a new 24-hour crisis support center for young people ages 12 to 24 at Eighth and S streets. The center is supported by $1 million from Golden 1 to provide food and showers, and help for runaway, homeless and street youth in Sacramento County.
GIVE ’EM THE BIRD The Wildlife Care Association hosts its Fourth Annual Photo Contest and encourages all shutterbugs to capture a potentially award-winning shot of a bird in its natural habitat. Every entry is asked to include a minimum $5 donation (children under 12 are free), which goes to help the nonprofit association in its mission to save thousands of injured, orphaned and displaced wildlife every year. The winner will receive a special prize—including a guided tour of the WCA facility at McClellan Park—and
The Downtown Sacramento Ice Rink opens Friday, Nov. 2.
The Wildlife Care Association's annual photo contest invites everyone to enter a photo of a bird in its natural habitat. “There is a lack of services in the Sacramento region designed to help youth and young adults struggling with homelessness,” says Suzi Dotson, executive director of Wind Youth Services. “Through Golden 1’s financial commitment and the support of the community, the center can offer homeless youth a comprehensive and integrated range of options for getting healthy and off the streets.” The center will provide programs from Gateway Community Charters, Goodwill, JUMA, Lutheran Social Services, One Community Health and Waking the Village for safety services, mental health counseling, career and education services, and connection to permanent housing resources. For information, visit windyouth.org.
SKATING RINK CHILLS FOR HOLIDAYS Time to sharpen those skates. The Downtown Sacramento Ice Rink returns Friday, Nov. 2, at St. Rose of Lima Park. Open daily through Jan. 21, the rink offers an enhanced skating experience with rink improvements, including a 25-percent increase in capacity, extended operating hours and more special events.
“For nearly three decades, the Downtown Sacramento Ice Rink has been a part of winter traditions for Sacramentans,” says Michael Ault, executive director of Downtown Sacramento Partnership. “This year, we’re launching a new era of excitement to complement the surrounding 17 retailers and restaurants opening soon at The Hardin across K Street from the rink.” Special events include Princess and Superhero Day on Saturday, Nov. 3, from noon to 2 p.m., Drag Queens on Ice on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 6 to 9 p.m. and Single in the City on Saturday, Nov. 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. For hours and information, visit godowntownsac.com/icerink.
“Whatever we think, stigma is still rampant,” Mitchell says. “Donating my heart via my paintings to help students go to college is supporting each of them individually and the community at large.”
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ART FROM THE HEART Two-dozen Sacramento-area artists donated nearly 100 paintings to help HIV-positive students through the Capital City AIDS Fund’s Helen VeressMitchell Scholarship. The September event raised more than $13,000. The “Art From The Heart” fundraiser took place at Apothic Heart Tattoo Collective art gallery and was led by Joyce Mitchell, who donated 35 paintings.
Sacramento-area artists donated nearly 100 paintings to support HIV-positive students.
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Never Forgotten
EAST SAC VETERAN MAKES THE MOST OF MEMORIES Robert Tribe on the summit cairn of Silver Peak.
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ob Tribe talks about something that happened in 1965 like it was yesterday. His photographic memory is helpful in volunteer work for the Sacramento Library, where he interviews veterans for the “Valley to Vietnam” archive project. “I’ve always been fascinated by history,” says Tribe, who passed up graduate school at San Francisco State to join the U.S. Army in 1966 at age 22. After surviving basic and advanced infantry training, infantry officers candidate school and jump school— despite his fear of heights—Tribe was assigned to the 6th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, for which he
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eventually became an intelligence officer responsible for planning field training exercises across the country. Tribe never served in Vietnam, but he knew many who did. In 1986, he decided to track down fellow officers school alumni and see what they were up to. He spent hours at the library poring over phonebooks and managed to locate nearly 100 classmates. He invited them to a reunion in Las Vegas—the first of 14 reunions thus far. “No one brags about their service,” says Tribe, an East Sacramento resident since 1982. “Everyone talks about how scared they were and how much we miss those that were killed in action. We gather donations for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in each of the states the deceased represented.” The ability to bring people together comes naturally to Tribe. After leaving the Army, he worked for the Office of Criminal Justice Planning. He organized correctional taskforces and a program to help young delinquents find a better path. He moved to the Fair Political Practices Commission, where he retired as executive director in 2000 after 25 years. “It was amazing being there at the beginning and having input about what
it would look like going forward,” says Tribe, who helped the commission grow from 35 employees to more than 100. “It’s an impressive agency. You have to be immune to politics and I really found that to be true.” Once retired, Tribe returned to his passion—research. He befriended James Scott, an archivist who oversees the library’s Sacramento Room. Scott was starting a project called “Valley to Vietnam,” where Vietnam veterans from the area are interviewed on camera for 20 to 60 minutes. The interviews are committed to DVDs to serve as historical reference material. Tribe himself was interviewed, but because of his “naturally loquacious” personality, he says, it wasn’t long before he agreed to conduct the interviews and track down potential interviewees. “If I see someone wearing a veteran’s hat in Costco, I’ll chase them down,” Tribe says with a laugh. Though the project is timeconsuming—Tribe and Scott have completed 55 interviews so far, with more in the works—Tribe still finds time for his other hobbies. He leads hikes and teaches classes on
backpacking and survival for the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Tribe also serves on the boards of the nonprofit Yosemite National Institutes and Headlands Institute (now called NatureBridge). He volunteers with his wife, Jeanne Pritchard, for the Catholic cathedral, Volunteers of America and St. John’s Program for Real Change. That is, when he’s not climbing mountains. “I try to climb a new peak every year,” says the 75-year-old, who has conquered 154 mountains for various birthdays and special occasions—often with friends—since his first climb in 1978. “I plan to do as many more as I can before I’m no longer able.” Once at the top, Tribe records in the summit register the name of someone who has died or is suffering from a serious illness. It’s a way to honor and remember friends and family. Even at 14,000 feet, Tribe finds a way to put his stellar memory to good use. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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Pennies From Heaven PENSIONS CAN SWALLOW TAX, BUT WHY LET THEM?
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ne of the biggest issues in the debate over Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s proposed 1-cent sales tax hike—Measure U—is whether the city needs the $100 million per year the tax will generate. The original Measure U, a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2012, produces nearly $50 million each year. The new Measure U would double that number. Steinberg claims the money will go toward a laundry list of new programs and mayoral initiatives. None of Steinberg’s promises are legally binding. Measure U is a general tax, which requires only a simple majority approval, 50.1 percent. The
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city can’t make binding promises on how it will spend a general tax. Binding promises require passage of a special tax, which in California means approval by two-thirds, or at least 66.6 percent. Clearly, the mayor was not confident he could reach the two-thirds threshold, especially after reviewing four polls he commissioned over the past year that showed steady declines in support for his 1-cent permanent hike. Since Measure U dollars would be deposited in the city’s general fund (which covers basic government services, including police, fire and parks), the money becomes subject to legal claims against the city, including the unavoidable obligation to pay Sacramento’s rapidly escalating annual pension bill to the California public employees pension system, CalPERS. CalPERS has notified the city it should expect to pay $62 million more per year for pensions over the next four or five years. Unless the mayor has unknown powers of alchemy which would allow him to conjure up $62 million in additional cash for the general fund
each year, the $50 million in new money brought by Measure U will be entirely vacuumed up by CalPERS. And CalPERS payments are neither negotiable nor optional. Several California cities have tried to skip on payments. They found themselves either in bankruptcy or facing epic financial penalties built into their CalPERS agreements. What about booming city revenues, which are up $120 million per year since the Great Recession and have spiked by 16 percent in the past two years? Won’t rising city revenues cover the city’s pension bill? Nope. Given the way the city spends money, anticipated increases in revenue barely will cover projected increases in spending. So, here’s our economic reality: Measure U is really a pension tax, as former Sacramento Bee columnist and dean of the capitol press corps, Dan Walters, has said all along. But don’t we need to pass Measure U to help cover the city’s exploding pension bill, even though Steinberg has been systematically spoofing voters with
his impossible promises about how he would spend the extra $50 million? No, because there’s another way to fund the city’s looming CalPERS bill and free up city resources to fund high-priority programs and initiatives without sacrificing core services. The answer is spending reform and spending restraint. For eight years, Eye on Sacramento has scoured city budgets and spending patterns, and has identified multiple ways Sacramento can reduce spending without sacrificing core services or resorting to the layoffs seen during the recession. The City Council devotes practically no time to its important—but largely neglected—role of overseeing city spending. The council is far more interested in discussing new ways to spend, along with new programs and initiatives. Sacramento spends gobs of money on pricy labor agreements with city unions (including a double-digit raise for police this year), and on handing out generous subsidies to politically connected players. Recipients include developers with juice at City Hall, powerful trade unions, influential hotel and restaurant operators, politically wired nonprofits and billionaire sports franchise owners. The benefits they receive impact the general fund—not in a good way. Eye on Sacramento recently teamed with Marcia Fritz, a noted certified public accountant and long-time Sacramentan with decades of experience auditing local governments. Fritz has a specialized knowledge of municipal labor agreements and local government retirement programs. She has appeared on national news broadcasts as an expert on such matters. In the past several months, Eye on Sacramento and Fritz have compiled a report, “Blueprint for a Post-Measure U Sacramento: Beyond Our ‘Pay More, Get Less’ Government.” By combining Eye on Sacramento’s experience in examining city spending and Fritz’s analytical talent and familiarity with government labor costs and retirement plans, our report has identified dozens of cost-saving recommendations. If adopted by the City Council, the proposals would reduce spending by more than $125 million annually without reducing core services. There are two ways Sacramento voters can respond to the fiscal problems our city faces: They can vote to approve Measure U, which would temporarily paper-over the city’s unsustainable spending practices while imposing the highest sales tax in the
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retiree health benefit plan. Lowerincome city retirees are eligible for Affordable Care Act subsidies and higher-income retirees can afford to fund their own health care costs until they are eligible for Medicare benefits. Estimated savings: $23.8 million Eliminate cash-outs for paid time off. Estimated savings: $7.8 million. Reduce the number of paid holidays for city employees from 14 to 10, matching the holidays provided to federal employees. Estimated savings: $4.97 million. Stop paying the salaries of police officers released from their schedules to work full-time for the police union. Estimated savings: $1.4 million. Shift from “dual role” to “single role” paramedics on city ambulances, as ambulance personnel don’t need to be trained as firefighters. Estimated savings: $6 million. Reduce staffing on fire equipment from four to three firefighters, matching the staffing practice of many fire departments in the region. Estimated savings: $9.95 million. Shift city policy on homelessness away from reliance on shelters to building a large-scale “transformational campus”; bring professional case management to assist the needs of homeless in a clinical setting; use the successful Haven for Hope model from San
CALPERS HAS NOTIFIED THE CITY IT SHOULD EXPECT TO PAY $62 MILLION MORE PER YEAR FOR PENSIONS OVER THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
Antonio. Estimated savings: $10 million. 9. Discontinue the unnecessary and costly Downtown streetcar project and avoid city responsibility for anticipated operational deficits. Estimated savings: $3 million. 10. Postpone or cancel the proposed $240 million expansion/renovation of the money-losing Sacramento Convention Center and free up hotel tax revenue for transfer to the general fund. Estimated savings: $15 million. 11. Outsource basic park maintenance using the “managed competition” model, which would allow the parks department to bid with private landscape maintenance companies. Estimated savings: $7 million. 12. Outsource management and operation of city recreation centers and pools to local nonprofit organizations, as was done during the Great Recession. Estimated savings: $2.8 million. 13. Reduce the mushrooming costs associated with substantially higher staffing of mayor and City Council offices by 25 percent. Estimated savings: Unknown.
14. Repeal the labor monopoly recently granted by the City Council to construction trade unions on city projects above $1 million, which excludes nonunion contractors (and virtually all minority and women-owned contractors) and 90 percent of local construction workers who are non-union. Estimated savings: $5 million (plus $50 million in higher costs on the convention center projects). NUMBERS NOTED: Thanks to our readership for pointing out an error in my August column about a proposed rent-control initiative drive. In citing the cost of the drive at $600,000, I should have been more specific: $588,485, according to public documents. Craig Powell is a retired attorney, community activist and president of Eye on Sacramento, the local government watchdog and policy advisory organization. Powell also serves as chair of the No on Measure U campaign committee. He can be reached at craig@ eyeonsacramento.org or (916) 718-3030. n
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Guests Welcome CITY SHOWS PROGRESS ON SHORT-STAY RENTALS
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eople who stay in shortterm rentals when they visit Sacramento don’t need to be next to the Capitol, convention center, Golden 1 Center or Old Sac. Short-term rental guests seem to prefer D Street. Why D Street? It’s impossible to say how that humble byway became the boulevard of choice for the Airbnb crowd, but the numbers don’t lie. Inside Publications filed a Public Records Act request with the city to examine short-term rental documents. The request produced insight on shortterm rental permits—149 issued so far. And there it was: D Street had seen
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more licensed short-term rentals than any other—six. To get into the short-term business, a homeowner pays $125 for the annual permit and agrees to follow the law. Rules prohibit more than six guests per night. And they block absentee landlords from renting more than 90 nights per year. Mini-hotels pay Transit Occupancy Tax, with $427,301 collected from July 2016 to this past March. The documents present a picture of a city trying to get a grip on the disruptive and controversial business of short-term rentals. Records show the city has worked hard to create a system that protects neighborhoods from absentee vultures who buy houses and wreck neighborhoods with relentless parking and noise problems. Yet City Hall doesn’t want to chase away potential business. And the city wants to respect on-site homeowners who make extra money by renting out a room or two. Inside Publications closely examined 103 permits for short-term rentals. The landlords all appeared to be private individuals. Corporate names were not
present, suggesting the short-stay trade is a mom-and-pop hustle in Sacramento. The corporate backbones of shortstay—tech platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway—are eager to limit their responsibilities. Inside found a series of emails between the city’s business revenue team and an executive from HomeAway in Texas. Short-stay platforms insist they’re just apps. At one point, the HomeAway manager asked, “Regarding the proposed changes to your ordinance, can you tell me if you will be holding the platforms liable for listings without a permit number? Currently, our subscribers/owners are able to put their license/permit number on their listing.” The city’s point person on short-term rentals, Cynthia Smith, alerted her boss, revenue chief Brad Wasson, to the correspondence with HomeAway. Smith wrote, “He seems very open to discussing the compliance requests we have for the short-term rentals. However, he did state that they are just a marketing platform. The company’s purpose is just to give homeowners a place to advertise their property. They
do provide links to specific city code webpages.” Ultimately, operating a short-term rental is a tough business. One poignant email to the city says, “I did try to host but after a month of no booking, I have decided this is not worth the investment and time on my part. Please close out my account.” R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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Better Angels Steve Sphar and Marisa Bogdanoff
LOCAL ALLIANCE IS DETERMINED TO DEPOLARIZE POLITICS
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n Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address on March 4, 1861, on the eve of the Civil War, he made an impassioned plea to the people of the United States, stating, “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
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In a nation struggling with political unrest yet again, the idea of appealing to our “better angels” is an important one—one that led to the founding of the aptly named Better Angels nonprofit in 2016. This national citizens’ movement is designed to reduce political polarization in the U.S. by bringing liberals and conservatives together in “red/blue community alliances” through workshops across the country. “I’ve been worried about political polarization for years,” says Steve Sphar, founder and co-chair of the Better Angels Sacramento alliance. “As Americans, our core values are pretty much the same, it’s just that the way we want to see those values get implemented are different. But the media has been painting more and more extreme images—distorted, cartoon images—of each side, which is really what’s making us fight each other.” After the recent presidential election, Sphar noticed an up-tick in this “hyper-
partisanship” and felt like there had to be a better way to communicate across the aisle. He traveled to Virginia to watch a Better Angels workshop in progress and came away inspired to found his own local alliance, which he did in January of this year. “It’s a very structured environment,” the Curtis Park resident explains, who uses his skills as an executive coach and business consultant in his role as workshop moderator. “You don’t just throw out an issue and let people fight. We help people listen to each other.” Natomas resident Marisa Bogdanoff—an information security specialist, sales executive and co-chair of the Sacramento alliance—especially appreciates the opportunity to have conversations that previously felt impossible in the current climate. “Post-election, I felt this extreme divide in all aspects of my life,” explains Bogdanoff, who describes herself as “a conservative Republican woman
who’s also a vegetarian, a mom and a breadwinner.” “Family and even lifelong friends were being divided by politics. It was especially visible in my church community—I go to services at Trinity Cathedral to worship and feel renewed, but there was this elephant in the room. When you hear certain opinions from the pulpit, it has a meaningful impact both in good ways and bad ways.” Bogdanoff took it upon herself to approach the clergy to see if there was a way to address the polarization among the parishioners and was delighted to find that they were open to suggestions. Shelley Mydans—a friend of Sphar’s who also attends Trinity—suggested Bogdanoff help her organize a Better Angels workshop. That was the first in a series that has become a resounding success. “In that first workshop at Trinity, it felt like healing took place,” Sphar says. “Absolutely,” Bogdanoff concurs. “We were able to come together and connect with each other on a human level—not based on stereotypes or caricatures. The workshop helped people realize that you can have different views, but you can also communicate without it becoming hostile.” Better Angels workshops (Sphar and Bogdanoff have organized six so far, with many more in the pipeline) bring together “red” and “blue” participants who are led through a series of exercises in which they discuss stereotypes, are encouraged to ask questions of the other side and come away with actionable items to help them move into the future with more understanding. “I’ve felt empowered to have conversations that before I would have avoided,” Bogdanoff says. “To learn how to have productive, more authentic conversations has been really liberating.” “The immediate, most important outcome is for people to leave feeling different about each other,” Sphar says. “We’re not changing their views, it’s more about personal transformation and spreading love. It’s rare to be able to affect a big issue, but now there’s a proven methodology where we can really make a difference.” For more information, contact Sphar at steve@stevesphar.com or Bogdanoff at marisangottuso@yahoo. com. For more information, visit betterangelssacramento.org. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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A Perfect Fit COUPLE FINDS A PIECE OF HISTORY IN BOULEVARD PARK
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olleen and Charlie Hildeburn love old homes. When the couple relocated from Orinda to Sacramento in 2015, finding a classic with good bones and times past was high on their priority list.
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Married 31 years with three grown children, the empty-nesters initially rented the “Didion House,” a threestory, 7,000-square-foot home, built in 1910 at the corner of 22nd and T streets, where author Joan Didion lived as a teenager. The Hildeburns even considered buying the famous dwelling. “It was historically fantastic, but it was too much house for us,” Colleen says. Locating another home from a bygone era in the same part of town was the goal. By May 2017, the couple found what they were looking for—a three-bedroom, three-bath American four-square, built in 1908, located in Boulevard Park in Midtown. “The house
was perfect,” notes Colleen. “We love the front porch. We love the big trees. It’s the perfect size.” Charlie, who works in finance, appreciates old houses. “But he’s not handy,” says Colleen with a smile. “So he didn’t want a real project.” With the 2,100-square-foot home, “the difficult stuff had been done,” she adds, including renovations of the kitchen and bathrooms. Respecting the nuances of the mature home—which is listed as a historical landmark with Preservation Sacramento—was important to the previous owners who strived to
maintain the integrity of the house throughout the refurbishing. “The kitchen is delightful,” Colleen says. White shaker cabinets and black granite countertops complement a marble-topped island. Antique light fixtures hang above the stainless-steel sink and a narrow butler pantry (aka bar) with extra storage separates the kitchen from the dining room. The Hildeburns chose a blackand-white paint scheme for most of the interior, including the extra wide staircase that was previously carpeted. A wall-to-wall rug on the second-floor landing muffles heavy footsteps and makes the walk from the guest bedroom
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to the bathroom “cozy” for visitors. “I’ve never done wall-to-wall carpeting because old houses didn’t have it,” says Colleen. “But it really makes a difference.” An upstairs sunporch was made into an interior room, which the Hildeburns had to re-plaster because the walls were buckling. The master bedroom is “not grand,” admits Colleen, “but it’s got a great big bathroom,” with marble countertops and a comfortably spacious tub. “They did a really nice job making it look old, but it’s new.” The previous owners gave the landscaping a makeover, adding a lower-level lounging area with a fire pit. Colleen changed out many of the plants for repeat-blooming roses and a lemon tree. An herb box hangs outside the kitchen within easy reach. Decorating the older home was not a problem for a couple who love antiques. And even though the transition to a smaller house forced them to part with many treasures collected over the years, they kept
several pieces that were especially important, including a piano from the 1800s and two large portraits of Charlie’s great, great, great grandparents, which hang in the living room. The Hildeburns enjoy the urban setting that Midtown offers. “We walk everywhere or ride our bikes,” says Colleen, who grew up in Land Park and whose mother now lives in Midtown. “I can walk to mom’s house.” Colleen’s father, Herb Jackson, who served as Sacramento County district attorney from 1978 to 1982, passed away in 2010. “All his family is still here—my aunts, uncles and cousins,” she adds. “I think Boulevard Park is great. The old homes. The divided streets with lawn in between. We found a house and neighborhood we love, and it suits us perfectly for this stage in our lives.” To recommend a house or garden for Home Insight, contact Cathryn Rakich at crakich@surewest.net. n
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Champ Among Kings BILL CALHOUN WAS THERE WHEN FRANCHISE WON IT ALL
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ill Calhoun has vivid memories from his NBA career. He remembers when the league created the rule to stop goaltending. He remembers when they introduced the 24-second shot clock. And he remembers the last time the Kings franchise won a championship. He played forward for the Rochester Royals. The year was 1951. The team that would become the Sacramento Kings beat the New York Knicks for the
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NBA title. The Kings haven’t touched a championship since. “The town was pretty excited, but fans were nothing like they are today,” Calhoun says. “We had a 4,000-seat arena, and they filled it for every game, but they didn’t go crazy.” Calhoun turns 91 this month. He walks every day in his Reno neighborhood despite bad knees and recent heart surgery. He feels pretty good, considering. Calhoun and Frank “Pep” Saul are the last surviving members of the Royals’ championship team. Saul is 94 and endures with Alzheimer’s. Nobody expected the Royals to beat the Knicks in 1951. Nobody believed they were talented enough to reach the championships. To advance to the final round, the Royals upset the Minneapolis Lakers and George Mikan—a remarkable center whose skills inspired the goaltending rule and 24-second clock. Calhoun played every minute in the
series and guarded Jim Pollard, NBA Hall of Fame forward from Stanford. “I shut him down,” Calhoun says. “I neutralized him.” In those days, the Royals were like the Kings. They were stars in their hometown, but ignored elsewhere. The best players didn’t want to work in the backwater of upstate New York. Calhoun didn’t mind. A kid from San Francisco, he was 19 when the Royals signed him. “I never heard of the NBA before that,” he says. “I showed up in Rochester dressed in California clothes. Everybody else had suits, ties and those hats Easterners used to wear. I stuck out.” Unlike the Kings, the 1951 Royals had something special—chemistry. Calhoun was a defensive wizard. Bobby Wanzer could score from the perimeter. Arnie Risen was fearless around the basket. Arnie Johnson was a fine rebounder. Red Holzman was a natural leader. And Bob Davies was an exquisite playmaker.
“We all got along and our talents complimented each other,” Calhoun says. “A great group of guys.” Calhoun was paid $2,000 for the playoffs and championship. Soon afterward, he was traded to Baltimore. He played four more years with Syracuse and Milwaukee. Today, he follows the Golden State Warriors, not the Kings. He says, “I have no interest in seeing a game that has no meaning. I love the Warriors. They come running down with four guys, each of them has a shot, and they pass the ball.” His favorite Kings team, aside from the 1951 squad, was the 2002 team that almost beat the Lakers in the West Conference Finals. “I loved that team,” the old champ says. “When I saw Vlade Divac make back-door passes, and when I saw their guards playing defense, I knew they were something special.” R.E. Graswich can be reached at reg@graswich.com. n
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Sacramento State President Robert Nelsen (sixth from left) and Mayor Darrell Steinberg (fifth from right) help open the university’s new Downtown building.
SAC STATE FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DOWNTOWN
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nder President Robert Nelsen, Sacramento State University is on a roll with a vision for expansion Downtown and across the community. Sac State was once isolated by the confines of its campus and reputation as a commuter school. The university’s identity was built around several strong academic departments, reasonably good sports, limited amenities and a hidden but acclaimed cultural arts program. That’s changing in a big way. The university recently opened a satellite campus Downtown at 304 S
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St. Nelsen, along with students, and university and community leaders christened the new facility, which features three large classrooms, meeting spaces and other amenities. “When I arrived in Sacramento and met with then-Mayor Kevin Johnson, he asked three things of me,” Nelsen says. “He wanted Sacramento State to have a presence Downtown, become more visible at the Capitol with state leaders, and take our arts programs out into the community.” Nelsen has been at work on all three requests—with success. The Downtown campus is especially notable because it’s been a dream of community leaders for years. Today the site serves as a natural step in the evolution of Downtown. The new campus is near a growing residential base of young professionals who can attend classes after work. The new site signals the start of an initiative by Sac State to become an “anchor university” and bring programs and facilities into the community
with events relevant to students and residents. Nelsen says the anchor university concept is a trend. He cites six schools that have implemented the concept, led by Syracuse. He sees future expansions into Del Paso Heights, Meadowview and other neighborhoods. The president believes the university’s social work and social science students should study in communities where they will apply their degrees. The presence of Sac State programs in neighborhoods across the city allows bonds to form between students and residents. The Downtown campus is 12 blocks from the Capitol and includes the Public Policy and Administration master’s degree program, plus degree and certificate programs for midcareer professionals and working-age adults and doctorate-level courses in Educational Leadership. The vision for Sac State Downtown transcends the typical higher-education
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percent to 53 percent from 2015 to 2018, and are higher than the rates for white students. Underrepresented student graduation rates grew from 38 percent to 50 percent, low-income rates from 37 percent to 49 percent, and firstgeneration students from 38 percent to 49 percent. Nelsen would love to reach 60 percent and higher. Recruitment and retention of faculty have improved, and Nelsen is proud of strides made in fund development for the university’s foundation. He expects new student-housing construction will yield from 2,000 to 4,000 beds. Students living on campus help form a stronger school community and lower the number of commuters. Nelsen admits headwinds could slow Sac State’s progress. “Because of the tax system, any recession will have an impact on the money we have to fund our growth and the ability to improve the campus and programs,” he says. “Differed maintenance on campus could also take a toll.” Nelsen refers to more than $500 million in deferred maintenance—a problem he wants to resolve. He hopes to use government-backed bond money to start the replacement and repair of aging buildings and infrastructure. For now, innovation is the word at Sac State—innovation in teaching, learning, research, partnerships and collaboration. The connection between Sac State and the region has become stronger and more profound for everyone. Scot Crocker can be reached at crockerbranding.com. n
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The couple admits they got a good deal on the house—which, built in 1938, had its original stove and no air conditioning—but it needed a lot of work. They’ve redone pipes, added insulation, installed a new kitchen and added on two bedrooms. “Every time we took down a wall, we’d find a monster in it,” says Gray, referring to the numerous surprises that popped up along the way. Despite all the work it took to make their house a home, it’s safe to say living in Land Park suits this active family. Abby, Kelly and Joseph go to schools in the area and are involved with Little League, soccer, swimming, tennis, basketball and debate. “All three of the schools are walkable and that really helps with them getting to afterschool activities,” says Gray. And for Mom and Dad? Well, with a five-minute commute to ABC10’s Broadway studios, it doesn’t get much easier. “If my car broke down I could walk,” says Gray.
These days the couple, who met in 1997 and married in 2000, share the same employer. But that was not always the case. Gray worked for nearly 25 years at KCRA, first as sports director, then morning/noon anchor and finally evening anchor. He left TV briefly to host his own radio show on KSEG “The Eagle,” but returned to television in 2013 at ABC10. These days he anchors “The Morning Blend” from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on weekdays. Woods, a member of the National Weather Association, has been at the station since 2001 moving up the ranks from weekend meteorologist to her current role as chief meteorologist. If you want to know whether to wear a summer dress or a sweater on your date tonight, or to school or work tomorrow, you can catch her weather reports weeknights during the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. Though kids and careers keep them busy, Woods and Gray manage
to squeeze in a few outside activities. Woods serves as vice president of the Board of Directors for Solar Cookers International, a nonprofit organization that promotes solar-cooking awareness and skills worldwide. (The family enjoys solar-cooked meals four nights a week.) She’s also an avid open-water swimmer—she made the swim from Alcatraz Island in 2015. Gray has enjoyed coaching Joseph’s Little League and soccer teams, as well as Joseph’s and Kelly’s basketball teams throughout the years. “Being on a morning shift allows for that,” he says. But with his early-morning schedule (he’s up by 2:30 a.m. on weekdays), he’s more apt to take a pass on workouts. “If I have the option of catching an hour of sleep or working out like I should, I catch the nap,” he admits. Myriad separate activities and opposite work schedules aside, the family makes sure to enjoy the neighborhood amenities together.
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Favorite spots include Sprouts Farmers Market for fresh fruits, veggies and deli sandwiches; Riverside Clubhouse for a special brunch; Vic’s Ice Cream for “everything”; and, says the primarily vegan Woods (she will eat fish on occasion), “Masullo salads rock!” Traveling is another favorite family activity. This past spring, they made a trip to India—Gray once lived in New Delhi—and Singapore. They make annual trips to Rhode Island to visit Gray’s family and Indiana to visit Wood’s family. In between, they do a lot of RV camping. “That’s my happy place,” says Gray.” Adds Woods, “We love heading out in our trailer and finding fun spots to set up shop. We’ve gone surfing, white-water rafting, tubing, etc., then head back to the park and chill for the night.” Destinations include Santa Cruz, Petaluma, Bodega Bay, Placerville and Yogi Bear’s
Jellystone Park. The family even camps on holidays. “Thanksgiving is in Half Moon Bay,” says Gray. Sacramento may be a long way geographically from their respective hometowns, but for Gray and Woods, there are many similarities. “Land Park reminds me a lot of Rhode Island with the trees and the homes. Each street and home is different,” says Gray. "It has a very Midwestern feel,” adds Woods. The history of the neighborhood is another draw. “There are so many multi-generation families,” says Woods. “We’ve met so many people who knew the neighborhood ‘the way it was.’ It’s so fun to hear the history from our friends’ parents and even their grandparents.”
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ree planting is in Sacramento’s DNA. Early residents created a canopy of shade trees along city streets to make our scorching summers bearable. The Sacramento Tree Foundation boasts it has planted well over a million trees since the group’s founding in 1990. Trees in Sacramento have lowered ambient temperatures and electricity use, cleaned the air and water, increased property values and improved our quality of life. The foundation’s Greenprint program aims to plant millions more throughout the region. Sacramento County residents may qualify for free shade trees from the Sacramento Shade Tree program sponsored by SMUD in partnership with the foundation. Fall, winter and early spring are “super good times to plant a tree,” says Pamela Sanchez, Sacramento Tree Foundation arborist. Whether free or
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purchased, a new tree represents a significant investment of time, money and future care. It’s not enough to pick out a tree, select a spot, dig a hole and plunk it in the ground. Roots are the key to a tree’s survival. If its roots are circling or kinked, a tree is doomed. Chuck Ingels dedicated his life to teaching and advocating for Sacramento landscapes, home gardening and agriculture as Sacramento County’s UC Cooperative Extension advisor. Last April, he conducted a training session for local Master Gardeners about why newly planted trees fail. Ingels showed us the latest victim at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center. Another young shade tree had toppled over, exposing roots wrapped in a circle rather than radiating out into the soil. “This is deadly to trees, and it happens all the time,” he told the group. “This is why a lot of people come into our office and say, ‘My tree died and I don’t know what I did to it.’ We don’t often think that the roots could be completely girdled. But if you dig it out, you will see. We need to make sure that they correct this problem before they plant. This is really important for people to know.” Before planting a tree, Ingels advocated rinsing the soil from the
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family owns Long Sandwich on Stockton Boulevard. “The original plan was for me to try to get into dental school, and then follow my brother’s path,” says Nguyen, who opened King Cong on Del Paso Boulevard in December 2017. “Unfortunately, I felt like when I tried as hard as I could, I just wasn’t good enough.” After getting his undergraduate degree from the University of the Pacific, Nguyen worked to raise his grade-point average while applying to 15 dental schools a year. Nguyen was rejected by every one of the schools, and he gave up on dentistry after a couple years. “I felt like I had failed in life,” he says. “Being raised by immigrant parents, there’s expectations, and you feel like you’ve failed yourself, you’ve failed your family.” That all changed when Nguyen took a “leap of faith” and enrolled in the Master Brewers Program at UC Davis. He was never a huge beer drinker, but he was intrigued by the business opportunities in the beer world, and the repetition and attention to detail
required to excel as a beermaker appealed to his perfectionist nature. “I felt like brewing fit my personality so perfectly,” he says. “I found out that immediately when I started brewing, that it felt so natural.” Suddenly, Nguyen became immersed in his brewing education, spending many late nights perfecting his craft after working during the day at his brother’s dental office. “It became kind
of obsessive, and I kept working on it,” he says. “Even my brother told me that when he saw me join the program, there was something different, the fact that I was so into what I was doing.” The more that Nguyen brewed, the more it seemed feasible that he could open his own business after graduating from the UC Davis program. He originally planned to open a tiny tasting room with beer brewed on a pilot
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house-made pizza with Nguyen’s brews baked into the crust. “Right now, we are using the Inaugural Pale Ale for the dough because it had a nice citrus smell,� he says. The surrounding neighborhood has been aching for a business such as King Cong, a place where families, friends and couples can gather for a drink or a game of cornhole. The brewery is visible from the monkey-themed bar area, which has a relaxed yet stylish vibe, and there is a beer garden in the back. “Every single person that lives around this area is so thankful that they have something that they can walk to,� he says. “I just hope more people come and invest in this area.� Nguyen eventually wants to expand his food program, although that would mean expanding his tiny kitchen. For now, Nguyen is content to continue perfecting his beers, and working every day at his dream job. “It makes things that much more enjoyable, and you find that sense of peace within yourself,� he says. “When you love what you do, you don’t want to be anywhere else.� Daniel Barnes can be reached at danielbarnes@hotmail.com. n
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Community leaders gather to to unveil Old Sacramento's new modern brand and logo. Photo courtesy of Alina Trylyu.
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tagline proclaims, people just need to “come find it.” Old Sacramento’s new brand and logo—Old Sacramento Waterfront–— were unveiled in August, but according to Emilie Cameron of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership, project manager for the rebrand, the process has been years in the making. “An opportunity came up last year for partners to come together and fund a rebranding project,” says Cameron, who explains the work was funded by various groups including the Downtown Sacramento Foundation, Downtown Sacramento Partnership, City of Sacramento, Visit Sacramento, California State Parks and California State Railroad Museum. The multiple groups illustrate, in part, why rebranding Old Sacramento was so important: with diverse interests invested in the corridor, including the city, state and private businesses, Old Sacramento has worn multiple identities. And from those many faces has come a blurred vision of cohesion.
“That’s why this project was really important,” Cameron says. “Over the course of several decades, there have been different efforts, different logos. So when we went into this we brought in all the partners.” She notes the goal was “to build cohesive identity.” Tasked with the rebrand of Old Sacramento was local marketing agency Misfit, led by creative director Chris Woloshansky and partners Matt Kolbert, Carol Gleeson and Dave Flanagan. “Old Sacramento needed more than an ad campaign,” Flanagan says. “They needed a whole new brand. In fact, they had a thousand brands.” Misfit not only designed a new logo, but a new website and media, tagline,
banners and images that will be on display throughout Old Sacramento. The hope, says Flanagan, “is that people start to see and think about Old Sacramento in a different light.” To identify that new brand, Flanagan notes Misfit set out “to get rid of years and years and years of branding, and really find out what encapsulates Old Sacramento. There were so many moving parts, so many voices and opinions. That was the biggest difficulty. Getting them to a place that they all agreed, and all were excited.” Perhaps the biggest challenge in finding common ground revolved around the corridor’s very name. “The name ‘Old’ sums it up,” Flanagan says. “We found through
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lectric cars have been the wave of the future since a long time in the past. They have promised cleaner air and zero trips to the gas station. The plug-in electric cars I’m talking about are zero-emission vehicles, powered solely by batteries, not hybrids powered by gasoline generators. Governments have incentivized electric car purchases with hefty tax credits and HOV lane privileges. It’s possible to get a $7,500 federal tax credit and a $2,500 state rebate for an electric car. Lately, there’s been growing interest in electric vehicles. Tesla seems to have made battery cars sexier. Other manufacturers have refined technology and are producing more models. New
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California laws will require Uber and Lyft to shift toward zero-emission vehicles, and France and other countries want to eliminate cars with internal combustion engines. UC Davis engineering professor Dan Sperling regards electric vehicles, along with autonomous and shared vehicles, as part of the mobility “revolution.” A recent Sacramento Bee opinion piece by transportation consultant Karen Skelton said, “We are in the beginning stages of an electric transportation revolution essential to preserving the planet.” Yet consumers have not been so enthusiastic. California has more than 400,000 electric cars, more than the rest of the country put together. Nationally there were only 540,000 electric cars on the road in November 2016—from a fleet of about 260 million. That’s two-tenths of a percent. Even with the current uptick in interest and sales, electric cars represent less than 1 percent of cars sold in the U.S. Probably the chief problem for consumers is “range anxiety.” Electric cars can travel anywhere between 80 and around 300 miles on a charge.
That’s fine for a second family car and trips around town, but a major drawback for single-car families and long journeys. Having to spend hours recharging batteries every couple of hundred miles is not practical on a long-distance family vacation. A Nissan Leaf can get 150 miles on a charge. Tesla models broke the 200-mile barrier and its Model S can go 315 miles, but it costs $71,000. Few, if any, electric cars cost as much as the Model S, but electric cars are expensive. Even with tax breaks and rebates, the price tag can still be higher than a car with an internal combustion engine. Electric cars don’t eliminate emissions. They eliminate tail-pipe emissions. The emissions are displaced to remote power plants, and many of
those plants use dirty fossil fuels. As the energy sources for power generation become cleaner, the amount of air and carbon pollution will be reduced. But all sources of energy, including nuclear, solar and wind, have negative environmental impacts, even though those impacts may be less than coal, oil or natural gas. Electric car batteries are heavy, 1,000 pounds versus 40 pounds for a lead/ acid battery. And they have to provide enough energy to move their own weight. They occupy a lot of space that could be used for cargo and may not work well in extreme cold or heat. They need scarce materials to produce. Their recycling is still in its infancy. Many of these problems can be dealt with in a variety of ways. Car manufacturers are improving battery technology, increasing electric car range, shrinking charging times and lowering prices. We can expect innovations to continue. But observers believe, because of physical limits, that advances are very unlikely to be as fast or dramatic as with computer technology. More importantly for me, electric cars don’t do anything to reduce traffic congestion or parking needs. As populations grow, that’s serious. They have all the problems that our millions of current cars have, most of which are heavy vehicles with a single occupant. Electric cars don’t do anything to reduce deaths, injuries and property damage caused by crashes. Electric cars don’t increase physical activity or improve public health like walking and biking. It’s not clear how utilities would create enough generating capacity to power millions of vehicles. Will electric cars preserve the planet? I believe they have problems that are profound and intractable. Admittedly, my perspective is skewed by a preference for human powered transportation, so I could be wrong. Perhaps the electric car’s future will unfold in a way I can’t envision and finally deliver on its promise. Walt Seifert is executive director of Sacramento Trailnet, an organization devoted to promoting greenways with paved trails. He can be reached at bikeguy@surewest.net. n
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Alive & Well NEWS OF MY DEATH PRECEDES ME
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have good news for all of you. Most of you, that is. I’m not dead. Apparently, a few of my readers thought, as evidenced by the voicemail I recently received, that I was singing in the celestial choir. Lorelei, a nice woman from Lodi, reported that she’d sent a donation for my daughter’s charity, Chispa Project, which starts children’s libraries in Honduras. However, the post office returned it stamped, “Recipient Deceased.” We played phone tag, so I left a message in my best ghost voice, “I’m not dead!”
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Truthfully, I’m a bit worried that I may be responsible for starting this “false narrative.” One day back in 2004, I stood at my Elk Grove mailbox extracting tons of junk mail addressed to me. Normally, I’d trash most of it, but with so much identity theft, I was worried that someone might want to become Norris Burkes. So I began following the advice of consumer advocates and brought it inside to shred. However, with all the unsolicited credit card applications I received on a daily basis, my shredder was on its last leg. Like most of you, I was tired of sifting through mounds of credit card offers. I started wondering what it might be like if I could obtain the coveted designation, “deceased recipient.” No, I wasn’t going to fake my death so my wife could collect the life insurance. Nor was I planning the really convincing kind of demise where folks would actually bury me. But maybe, I thought, there was a kind of heaven where I would no longer get travel
brochures, carwash deals or credit card applications. That’s when the deceit began. Standing right there at the mailbox, I tore open a credit card application. I grabbed the return envelope and scrawled “DECEASED. RETURN TO SENDER.” I thought about smearing catsup on the envelope, but I didn’t want the United States postal inspectors charging me with sending biohazards through the mail. Without further drama, I dropped it in the community mail slot and raised the flag. I know what you’re thinking. “Aren’t you a chaplain? Isn’t telling people you’re dead kind of like lying?” Honestly, I gave it some consideration. But at the time I thought maybe it wasn’t really lying. Maybe it was simply telling the truth early. It was an advanced level of truth telling. Yeah, that sounded even better—Advanced Truth Telling. The ATT philosophy was much like the motivational speakers of the day
who urged their audience to simply “Announce what you believe and act as though it’s true.” Or like the televangelists who would say, “Name it and claim it.” Here’s how ATT worked in my case: I believed that one day I’d be dead. I asserted it in my heart and, voila, one day it would likely become true. So that wasn’t really lying, right? Again, it was more like anticipating the truth ahead of time. I repeated this act several more times until I felt a pang of conscience that caused me to stop. Still, I’m more than pleased that the junk mail slackened significantly. Of course, now I have another problem. Not only were a few contributions returned, it seems that my wife is getting phone solicitations for my burial plots. Fortunately, she usually stops those callers by asking, “Yes, but can I use your prepaid envelope to send his ashes?” Norris Burkes can be reached at comment@thechaplain.net. n
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et me introduce you to Kelly Siefkin. She’s vice president of communications and marketing for Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. She talks fast, and is quick with numbers and statistics, so I’m struggling to keep up. Today, she’s wearing a green-patterned dress with green earrings and black flats, and carrying her cell phone. We’re touring the food bank campus on Bell Avenue—110,000 square feet on 12 acres. It’s a big facility, but the food bank feeds a lot of hungry people in and around the farm-to-fork capital. Here, you can see your donations and food bank volunteers at work. In the first warehouse, the “Wall of Pride” draws attention to the companies whose employees have volunteered their time. Below the wall, fans move the air while a crew packs distribution boxes for seniors. Colorful trucks (there’s a fleet of 10) are parked at the loading docks.
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On the side of one truck it says that one in five people in Sacramento County suffers from food insecurity. What does that mean? In short, there are a lot of people, including children and seniors, who do not know where their next meal will come from—an estimated 230,000 people in the county fall into that gap, Siefkin says. The food bank supplies food to 157,000 people every month. Ponder those numbers while we continue the tour. Another warehouse contains pallets of canned and boxed food stored on racks. Local watermelons and cabbages fill bins and boxes. Adzuki beans and rice are stored in large bags. In the last warehouse, more volunteers check sell-by dates and sort donations into categories. Siefkin calls it “reverse grocery shopping.” Empty bins that say “Donate Here!” wait to be filled. The food bank purchases a lot of the food it distributes. The cans don’t have dents and the packaging looks like what you would find in a grocery store. It also receives USDA food commodities with their official-looking labels. Donations come from the community, including restaurants and local farms, like Durst Organic Growers (those watermelons, for example), David J. Elliot & Son, Greene & Hemly, Goldbud Farms and Vierra Farms, and corporations.
Siefkin was excited about the refrigerators, racks and pallet jacks that would be arriving the following day. They will be distributed to the food bank’s partner agencies—there are 220 organizations in the area—everything from churches to food pantries. Smaller agencies sometimes lack equipment and proper storage facilities, but they are the first defense in the war against hunger. Despite the positive news about the economy and low unemployment, Siefkin says the number of working poor and underemployed people in Sacramento is increasing. Many people are forced to work two jobs with zero benefits. Without pay increases to cover rising rents, families can’t afford to pay for housing and buy food. “Sacramento is an incredibly expensive place to live,” she says. While it’s not the Bay Area, gas prices and rent are high.
Siefkin says, “[Most] people don’t have a clue where their food comes from,” so part of the food bank’s job is to educate people. Clients often don’t know how to cook items, like adzuki beans or rice, from scratch, so the food bank hands out recipe cards. “Fear of [different] food is real,” she says, and
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it is passed down from parents to their children. Here’s one of the many programs that caught my attention. Produce for All distributes fresh produce on a monthly schedule at various locations. Working with its partner agencies, the food bank chooses neighborhood sites—schools and health clinics, for example—because people need to be able to get there (and carry their food home) without having to take a bus or drive a car. You can use the online “food finder” tool to find distribution sites. Produce for All distributed 506,884 pounds of food in the last fiscal year, Siefkin says, and it is on track to do the same this year. Can anyone show up and receive free food? The answer is yes. “We’re here to serve and be judgment free,” Siefkin says. “Food is often the entry point,” for families, but they can also access other services: nutrition, technology, life skills and English classes, as well as clothing distribution and more. For more information or to sign up to volunteer or make a donation, go to sacramentofoodbank.org. Angela Knight can be reached at knight@mcn.org. n
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Something To Celebrate CELEBRATION ARTS MOVES INTO A NEW HOME
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ast year was one wild ride for James Wheatley, executive director of Celebration Arts, the 32-year-old arts organization that provides training and performance opportunities in drama, music, dance and storytelling devoted to the African-American experience. Last year, Celebration Arts lost its lease at its home on D Street and scrambled to find new digs. Yet as Wheatley jogs to meet me across the parking lot of his organization’s new home at 2727 B St., there’s no trace of stress in his sure, athletic poise or affable intensity. “We’re here,” Wheatley says with a laugh as he settles back into a folding chair. “It’s been a challenge, but we’re determined to succeed.” Wheatley’s grit has served him well, both as a performer and as the leader of the educational arts organization he founded in 1976. As a kid in Los Angeles, he was singing publicly by the time he was 9. That led to solo gigs and, eventually, a graduate degree at USC’s Thornton School of Music. A professional dancer as well, Wheatley performed all over Southern California before making his way to Sacramento to take a job with the state. Celebration Arts grew out of a need Wheatley identified early on to provide a local training ground for young African-American performers in the area. “You have to understand, we’re not a community theater,” Wheatley says. “We’re a training organization. The performances are an extension of that training. But first and foremost, we’re here to help these young people develop critical thinking and analytical skills, and learn how to
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move. You’re not just reciting words. You’re making a story live. And in order to do that you have to be able to move and articulate your body. If you want to be good at anything, you have to put in the work mentally, physically and spiritually.” Wheatley himself is exceptional onstage, but his face lights up most when he talks about teaching. One thing the unexpected move has provided is additional space for rehearsals and dance classes—a luxury the previous building didn’t have. “If we wanted to have a class, we’d have to clear everything from the current show off the stage to make room,” says Wheatley, whose group started leasing the new space—which once housed B Street Theatre—on Jan. 1, following a somewhat frantic real estate hunt and “a lot of soul searching.” The new building effectively triples the company’s square footage, which comes with risk as well as potential reward. “We have more seats, yes, but now we have to fill them,” Wheatley says with a wry smile. Right now, local government seems to be doubling down on arts support: Celebration Arts received a grant from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and another $25,000 for pop-up performances that take place all over the city. Still, it’s difficult for arts organizations to secure consistent audiences and stable income. “We offer all kinds of incentives in our marketing to keep people coming back,” says Wheatley, who’s constantly searching for new plays from diverse voices. “All arts organizations have the same problem: People are spending their time doing really good work, but there still needs to be more publicity. People need to know that there’s great art to see here in Sacramento.” For more information, go to celebrationarts.net. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. n
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Crocker Art Museum and Creative Arts League of Sacramento Nov. 23–25 Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H St. • creativeartsleague.com Shop for gifts and one-of-a-kind treasures by 100-plus regional artists at this three-day bazaar fundraiser for the Crocker Art Museum. Fine and functional work at all price points will include glass, wood, ceramics, paper, photography, painting, sculpture, fiber and textiles, jewelry and more. Tickets are $6 for students and seniors, $7 for adults and $5 for Crocker members at door.
Opera Favorites Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Saturday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacphilopera.org Passionate love duets and scenes from Puccini’s “La Bohème,” Bizet’s “Carmen,” Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera” and “Aida,” and Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet,” will be performed.
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The Verge Art Auction Verge Center for the Arts Saturday, Nov. 17, 6 p.m. 625 S St. • vergeart.com Spotlighting emerging and established artists, The Verge Art Auction is an opportunity for collectors to grab pieces by renowned regional artists and discover new talent. Tickets, which include dinner, are $75 each through Nov. 10, and $100 each Nov. 11–17.
Veterans Day Party in the Park DO/LOVE/LIVE Saturday, Nov. 10, 1–6 p.m. McKinley Park, 601 Alhambra Blvd. • dolovelive.com Online hub DO/LOVE/LIVE hosts this family-friendly event featuring live music, activities and displays. The free event benefits local nonprofit Ranger Road, which provides veterans necessary tools during the transition from military to civilian life.
Art on the Spectrum Margarita Chaplinska's “Mr. Pink”, oil on canvas, at Tim Collom Gallery.
Animalia Tim Collom Gallery Nov. 7–29 915 20th St. • timcollomgallery.com This group exhibition features work by more than 20 Sacramento artists working in various mediums celebrating the wild world of animals.
Crocker Art Museum Saturday, Nov. 17, 9–11 a.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org Children on the autism spectrum and their caregivers are invited to a special morning of artistic exploration with crafts, gallery experiences and music therapy. This program is free for children ages 3-12 and their caregivers with advance registration. To register, visit crockerart.org, stop by the museum admission desk or call (916) 808-1182.
Sactown: RE-views and Vanishing Act Sparrow Gallery Nov. 10–Dec. 1 1021 R St. • sparrowgallery.com Check out Steve Memering’s trompe l’oeil paintings and whimsical works by Susan Silvester and Sandy Whetstone in two new exhibitions.
Music of Queen Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera Saturday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m. Community Center Theater, 1301 L St. • sacphilopera.org Conductor Brent Havens and the SP&O will rock you in a celebration of Freddie Mercury and Queen.
Art on the Spectrum event at the Crocker Art Museum. Photo courtesy of Crocker Art Museum/George Young.
Jitazax The Cathedral Music Series Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 2620 Capitol Ave • trinitycathedral.org Wenjun Qi (guitar) and Rhett Bender (saxophone) create a trans-Pacific creative collaboration at this concert series.
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Sacramento Emerging Artist Showcase The Siren, Upstairs At The B and Submerge Magazine Saturday, Nov. 17, 7–8:30 p.m. The Sofia, 2700 Capital Ave. • bstreettheatre.org, thesirenevents.com Ten up-and-coming acts of various genres perform each month to get experience and feedback from the audience.
Kirkin’ o’ th’ Tartan Daughters of Scotia, Kilwinning Lodge #203 Friday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m. St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 2140 Mission Ave. • stmichaelscarmichael.org The church’s first Kirkin’ o’ th’ Tartan evening prayer service will feature a special blessing of clan tartans, bagpipers, Highland dancers, a Scottish music ensemble and a dessert reception. All proceeds go to the River City Food Bank.
Active Chair Yoga with Alicia Patrice Sacramento Yoga Center Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:45–2:45 p.m. 2791 24th St. • sacramentoyogacenter.com Explore the unlimited realm of possibilities for yoga off the floor. This class is accessible for anyone with knee, hip, vertigo or other challenges.
Fall German Concert, Dinner & Dance Sacramento Turner Harmonie Saturday, Nov. 10, 3–9 p.m. “One” by Ryan Bucko, mixed media, at ARTHOUSE.
Urba(N)ation ARTHOUSE Gallery Nov. 10–Dec. 1 1021 R St. • arthouseonr.com Ryan Bucko and Robert-Jean Ray explore the dynamics of the urban environment in new artwork.
Annual Gala: Whiskey, Cars, and Cigars California Automobile Musuem Saturday, Nov. 3, 6–9:30 p.m. 2200 Front St. • calautomuseum.org/whiskey Enjoy a high-octane, ’80s-theme night emceed by CBS 13’s Dave Bender with retro cars, cocktails, cigars, a cover band and silent auction.
Sacramento Turn Verein, 3349 J St. • sacramentoturnverein.com Enjoy a free concert featuring German choral and folk music by guest choir Stockton Heimat Chor from 3 to 5 p.m. A ticketed dinner and dance follows from 5:30 to 9 p.m. featuring the music of Bill Blythe. Tickets are $35 by reservation only. Contact stharmonie@gmail.com or Lorna Martens at (916) 718-3900 by Nov. 2.
Annual Christmas Luncheon and Boutique Mercy General Hospital Guild Wednesday, Nov. 14, 10:30 a.m. Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd. • (916) 424-2628 Check out this yearly gift boutique followed by a delicious lunch and help raise money for the Mercy Guild, which guides visitors at the hospital. Jessica Laskey can be reached at jessrlaskey@gmail.com. Submissions are due six weeks prior to the publication month. n
Echoes in the Heart: A Play in 2 Acts 1938-1941 Howe Avenue Theater Nov. 1–2, 9–10, 8 p.m. Nov. 4, 2 p.m. 2201 Cottage Way • (916)402-8899, tcahill@ccbell.com Leo McElroy’s play based on the Suzanne Sommer book about her parents’ journey fleeing Nazi Germany returns to the stage after a critically acclaimed run in 2013. Tickets are $15-20.
Festival of New American Music Crocker Art Museum Sunday, Nov. 11, 3 p.m. 216 O St. • crockerart.org The 41st year of the Sacramento State School of Music festival highlights contemporary classical music by living American composers, including international guitar/violin ensemble Duo46. Comprised of classical guitarist Dr. Matthew Gould and violinist Beth Ilana Schneider-Gould, Duo46 is celebrated for its beautiful performances featuring complex and engaging compositions.
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sensation, and a too-common flameout on the culinary landscape. The demise of O’Donnell’s pies Downtown belonged in the same category as the closures of Doughbot, the experimental doughnut shop on 10th Street, and David Berkley, the specialty grocer, sandwich and wine store at Pavilions. Their exits were major losses. But Real Pie Company is back. This time around, O’Donnell and her husband, Fred Babich, have built a larger space to meet their needs. On 24th Street, between Broadway and X Street, the new RPC combines a spacious kitchen with a good-sized and well-lighted dining room. The vibe is small town, with photos of local farms, fresh and dried flowers, and adorable signs offering a free slice on your birthday or if you get a good report card. My wife said the scene reminded her of the small Pacific Northwest towns of her childhood. Instead of writing about Real Pie Company after it opened in late spring, I wanted to wait until prime pie season. November is the month when Americans are gripped by pie-fever. O’Donnell’s new enterprise has the cure. So here we go. Let’s start with the key lime pie. It’s a keeper. The subtle green and
yellow hue of the filling, the beautifully granular graham crust and the lipcoating whipped cream topping all come together to make a perfect version of this Floridian classic. And the butterscotch-banana cream pie might have the key lime beat. With the rich, smoky tang of butterscotch and the full-tilt flavor of fresh banana, it’s right in my wheelhouse. Old-school favorites such as chocolate cream, coconut cream and lemon meringue are also available and provide prime examples of each style. Naturally, fresh fruit selections change with the seasons. But the jumble-berry, a mix of Marion blackberries, cherries, wild blueberries and raspberries will always be on the menu. The crust on these beauties is wonderfully heavy with butter, yet still flaky and decadent. Depending on the season, customers will find plums, apricots, apples, figs and any number of locally farmed (and sometimes backyard harvested) treats filling these crusty marvels. Occasionally, a crumble top does the job. Real Pie Company makes one of the best. For the holiday season, O’Donnell is bringing out a special treat, cazuela pie, which is a mixture of pumpkin, sweet potato and coconut. Similar in
texture to a traditional pumpkin pie, the cazuela is slightly less sweet than Thanksgiving pumpkin, but with a dash of coconut for that heady, day-atthe-beach flavor. This is one to bring to a big family dinner. It will not only impress, it will delight. Savory pies round out the menu with heavy comfort and dead-on execution. The obligatory chicken potpie puts together that killer crust with a stout mixture of chicken and chunky veggies. With the expertly executed shepherd’s pie, you could feed three to four people, topping the feast with slices of dessert pie. Take heed, however. Daily inventory is limited. Don’t count on your favorite pie to be available on a weeknight and especially on a weekend evening. Most days, a handful of items are sold out by mid-afternoon. On some days, the majority of the menu is gone by dinnertime. So plan ahead. Call ahead. And don’t wait until the last minute if you’re buying a pie for a special holiday gathering. Consider yourself warned. Real Pie Company is at 2425 24th St.; (916) 838-4007; realpiecompany.com. Greg Sabin can be reached at gregsabin@hotmail.com. n
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GORGEOUS ELMHURST COTTAGE! 2BD/1BA, brand new kitchen & bath, new Electrical, Plumbing, Tankless H20, gleaming HW flrs, lrg deck. $449,000 TOM LEONARD 916.834.1681 CalRE#: 01714895
POCKET PARK-VIEW Park-view, river-side 3/2 home in the Pocket’s popular River Oaks Ranch just steps from Marriott Park. Spacious lot. Three car garage w/loft storage. SABRA SANCHEZ 916.508.5313 CalRE#: 01820635
CLASSIC CURTIS PARK CRAFTSMAN! 4 bdrm, 2 bath, bonus room, living room, formal dining, hardwood flrs, & gourmet kitchen w/SS appliances. $665,000 STEFFAN BROWN 916.717.7217 CalRE#: 01882787
SHELFIELD ESTATES Spectacular 4 BD/3BA one of a kind home on nearly 1/2 acre. 2690 sq.ft. Flexible floorplan, terrazzo floors, original woodwork, suD21mmer room, pool. $875,000 PALOMA BEGIN 916.628.8561 CalRE#: 01254423
SACRAMENTO METRO OFFICE 730 Alhambra Boulevard #150 | 916.447.5900
THE RESIDENCES AT THE SAWYER 7 of 45 luxury homes available. Above Kimpton Sawyer Hotel at Downtown Commons. TheSawyerResidences.com. Call to schedule tour. MICHAEL ONSTEAD 916.601.5699 CalRE#: 01222608
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