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Op-ed: Decarcerate Sacramento calls on the city and county of Sacramento to move toward sustainable justice

By Decarcerate Sacramento

Sacramento residents, and communities across the globe, are at a pivotal decision making juncture about how the world we want to live in should look, both through and beyond this Covid-19 crisis and the crisis of legitimacy facing law enforcement. Meanwhile, Sacramento County officials continue to make these important decisions, including budget decisions, with severely limited access for the impacted public to meaningfully weigh in.

A June 11 press statement from Sacramento County noted they are using this time to “work with department heads to develop plans for expenditure reductions as a result of anticipated revenue reductions.” They are planning the deep cuts they will serve us, without our presence or participation. On Mon-

day morning, officials were invited to listen to the community live or via teleconference, as we modeled accessible decision making spaces that honor public sentiment, especially during this critical time. Now is a time to make way for community voices, particularly Black voices, as we envision an equitable and just future for Sacramento.

In listening to those voices, Decarcerate Sacramento, in chorus with growing numbers of organizations and individuals across the world, “is calling on our elected officials to stop feeding our precious tax dollars into unaccountable and militarized law enforcement agencies that cause significant harm in our communities.” That money should have long ago been re-invested in community programs and support, the type of quality of life improvements that keep

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our neighborhoods healthy and safe, that keep crime rates low and families thriving. Education, housing, and healthcare are just some areas in desperate need of an infusion of resources to create the community of safety we all desire and deserve. For too long the narrative of public safety has successfully ushered our dollars away from our well being and into riot gear, weapons, and criminalizing under resourced Black communities and other communities of color.

The tragic killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Rayshawn Brookes by police, have brought us into a national moment of reflection and reckoning. The institution of policing itself is being called into question; both its past and present violence in Black, brown and poor communities, as well as its legacies and origin in white supremacist violence and control.

We stand in solidarity with the Abolition movement, as well as Black Justice Sacramento, in calling for these necessary steps to move forward toward sustainable justice and lasting peace.

• Defund Police •Demilitarize Communities

• Remove Police from Schools • Free People from Prisons and Jails • Repeal Laws Criminalizing Survival • Invest in Community Self Governance • Provide Safe Housing for All • Invest in Care Not Cops

FUNDING FACTS SACRAMENTO COUNTY • Sacramento Sheriff ’s Department currently receives over $372 million every year, which is 80% of all funding allocated for elected officials and over one third of the entire budget, and their budget increases every year.

• Sacramento County recently approved a $7 million dollar design/build contract to begin planning to expand the Main Jail downtown. This is just the beginning of what we know will be an extremely expensive project, with devastating human and financial costs.

We demand the Board of Supervisors cancel the contract and invest the $7 million in community-based resources.

Dear folks with heart and compassion, Remember three years ago when “Black Lives Matter” was a radical chant that was “poorly named and divisive” and now it is on your Netflix home screen and your mayor is saying it in speeches?

Remember when all you wanted was “Don’t ask, don’t tell” and thanks to tireless work we have marriage equality?

Don’t squander this moment.

The movement to defund is morally just. The abolitionists are right. Don’t be the cringey “but what about” moderate who would settle for “nicer masters” and thinks civil rights is “too much too fast” and queer folks should

“just keep that to themselves.” To use Lamar J. Pringle’s example: Don’t be the folks in 1852 trying to balance new slave states and free states. You never look good in the history books. In fact, you’ve never been right in American history.

Besides, if enough of us say “defund,” you moderates will get the reforms you’re already willing to settle for. After all, none of you would go into a car dealership asking for the price you want.

You’d anchor low to get there. It is called strategy.

Now is not the time to be the white moderate of yesteryear --or the brown faces of white modera-

• Our jail population was reduced by over 30% due to COVID-19 related releases, and the County should be focused on continuing down this path by reinvesting savings, in housing, mental health care, and re-entry efforts led by impacted people — not giving more money to the Sheriff.

CITY OF SACRAMENTO • The Sacramento Police Department is slated to get $41,727,000, an ~51%, of 20/21 Measure U funding, outweighing all other community improvements combined, with Youth, Parks and Enrichment getting only $14,403,000 total. This is in direct contradiction to Mayor Steinberg’s Measure U campaign promises.

• The City’s 20/21 Budget forecasts this same disparate Measure U allocation for the next 5 years, with the $41,727,000 toward SPD growing to $48,155,000 by 24/25.

• The overall City of Sacramento 20/21 Budget increased the Sacramento Police Department’s allowance by $10,476,000, for a total budget of $157,505,000. The total for Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment is $43,501,000. tion. Stop complaining that the “messaging is bad.” It really isn’t.

Now mainstream media is covering defunding the police, actual policy change is happening with police in schools and police budgets, and we have traction in part because of the financial impact of COVID on municipal budgets.

Now is the time to ask for more, not less. Say it with your chest! Don’t fumble the pass.

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Country Club Lanes reopens with $25,000 in upgrades Business had been closed since March 19

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Signs on the floor of the bowling alley mark social distancing separations to assist bowlers in keeping 6 feet apart from one another.

By LANCE ARMSTRONG

Country Club Lanes, the decades-old entertainment center at Watt and El Camino avenues, reopened to the public on June 12, with a new look to its interior.

The business, which had not served a single customer in nearly three months, spent about $25,000 on improvements, much of which are designed to prevent the spreading of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sacramento County public health officials, on March 19, issued a stay-at-home order, and called for the closure of all nonessential businesses.

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tect its employees and customers.

That work included the building of 11 partitions that separate each of the four-lane sections of Country Club Lanes’ 48 lanes.

Other improvements included installing sanitation stations, repainting the building’s interior, replacing some sheetrock, and refurbishing all four downstairs restrooms.

Dave Haness, president of Country Club Lanes, last week, mentioned that the partitions’ Plexiglas alone cost about $3,000.

Each partition includes a wood border to create an aesthetically-pleasing appearance.

Throughout the business’s closure, seven to nine employees were kept on the payroll to assist with

the physical changes inside the building. Those people were management and mechanics.

The business also retained about 60 employees, who weren’t working during the closure, and several employees are currently assigned to the “Clean Crew,” which does nothing other than sanitize the business against the spread of this coronavirus.

Despite its reopening and having the funds to perform upgrades, Country Club Lanes is financially challenged in its current situation, Haness noted.

“Being able to operate is certainly better than being closed,” he said. “But we’re still at a position with the situation that we have right now, (that) you can’t make any money. We’re still

A member of the Country Club Lanes “Clean Crew” sanitizes a countertop.

bleeding, because we’re not open to capacity.”

Haness described his approach in having the recent improvements made at Country Club Lanes.

“I not only wanted to follow every protocol that (Sacramento) County Health Director Peter Beilenson laid out in his health order, but I wanted to go above and beyond it to make sure that when our customers came into our facility, they could feel as assured as possibly that they were in a safe environment, with as little chance as possible to catch the virus that the world is so concerned with,” he said.

Another way that Country Club Lanes is extending beyond the health order is creating a face covering-related requirement.

“Instead of strongly encouraging masks, as the county health order provides, we mandate masks to enter the facility,” he said. “We don’t mandate masks while they’re actually in the bowlers’ area bowling and consuming food or beverage.

“But once they’re out of the bowlers’ area, whether they’re going to the restroom or they’re going to order, or visit a friend or see someone up on the course, there has to be a mask that is worn.”

Haness stressed that the business does not waver on this rule.

“We’re vigilant in making sure that actually takes place,” he said.

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ther than the county order is through its mandatory temperature checks of every person that desires to enter the facility, including the business’s owners and management, and sales and delivery workers.

Haness stressed the importance of protecting anyone who works for him. “ Their health, their welfare, their safety is of the absolute tantamount importance in my mind, and that’s what we’re going to continue to focus on as the months go by as we’re open,” he said.

With his efforts to help prevent the spread of this coronavirus, Haness hopes that Country Club Lanes will serve as a model for businesses that are operating with looser restrictions, in terms of mask wearing and temperature checking, and the monitoring of social distancing.

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Country Club Lanes features entertainment areas, beyond the bowling alley.

many of my business peers are exhibiting as they open up with Phase 3 of the county’s order,” he said. “It really bothers me that so many (businesses) don’t have anywhere near the care or concern that I think they should have for their employees, as well as the customers that are patronizing their businesses.

“One of ours goals is to be a model, and I enjoy it when people come up to me and say, ‘Gosh almighty, I don’t know anyone that has taken the care and caution that you’re taking here at Country Club Lanes. I take pride that people see it and appreciate it.”

Although he recognizes the importance of the nearly three-month closure of this entertainment center, Haness shared his disappointment with the ending of this business’s continuous streak of never closing.

“Since I started running the business (in) 1977, one of the first things I did was to have our facility open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no exceptions, year after year after year,” he said. “It was an odd deal when we had to shut down March (19).

“What we were always known for was we were the only family entertain-

Sanitizing stations are located on poles directly behind seating areas at Country Club Lanes.

ment center, certainly in the greater Sacramento area and probably Northern California, that was open 24 hours.”

The business currently operates from 9 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. daily, with plans to eventually return to its previous schedule of operation.

Currently, the six and a half hours that this business is closed per day are used by employees to perform additional sanitizing and deep cleaning.

In addition to bowling, Country Club Lanes offers an arcade, a bar, food concessions and laser tag. The latter attraction is not yet open to the public.

Also currently closed is the facility’s 7,000-squarefoot, upstairs room, which is generally available to be rented for a variety of events.

For additional information about Country Club Lanes, call 916-483-5105 or visit the website www. countryclublanes.com.

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Health: 4 Questions and Answers to Help You Manage Severe Asthma

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(StatePoint) The majority of the more than 25 million Americans living with asthma enjoy active, healthy lives. But for others, despite using high dose asthma medicines and avoiding triggers, severe symptoms are a part of daily life.

If this describes your experience, it could be severe asthma, a type of asthma that affects approximately 5-10 percent of those with the condition. Severe asthma is dangerous; increasing the risk of death, illness, and depression, and limiting one’s ability to work or go to school.

It is responsible for 50 percent of all asthma healthcare costs.

Even with severe asthma control is attainable, according to American Lung Association, which is offering these four questions and answers to help you determine your next steps: 1. How do I know if my asthma symptoms are under control? With severe asthma, people tend to have three or more symptoms (sometimes daily), such as shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing or wheezing, and most likely wake-up nightly due to those symptoms.

Also, if you’ve gone to the emergency department or were hospitalized due to asthma at least two times during the past year and were given oral corticosteroids to keep asthma under control, your asthma is most likely not well controlled. Despite all your efforts to take your medications as prescribed, your symptoms continue.

If this sounds like you, you may have severe asthma.

2. How do I know if I have severe asthma? There are several different types of asthma and knowing what kind you have can help in your treatment plan and management of symptoms. Testing for severe asthma may involve taking a blood sample, analyzing your lung mucus or taking a breath droplet test. These tests are looking for biomarkers, or identifiers that

cause Type-2 inflammation, or other factors that cause non-Type-2 inflammation, resulting in your daily uncontrolled symptoms. Common types of severe asthma include allergic, eosinophilic (also known as e-asthma) and non-eosinophilic asthma. If your specialist confirms a diagnosis of severe asthma and determines your specific type, they will develop a personalized treatment plan with you.

3. What severe asthma treatments are available for me? Treatment options may include: • Biologics: medicines targeting biomarkers causing type 2 inflammation.

• Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT): a minor lung procedure that applies heat to the airways to decrease overgrowth (remodeling) of the smooth muscles and improve symptoms.

• Antibiotic medicines or oral corticosteroids: medicines targeting non-type 2 inflammation caused when there are unknown biomarkers, or as a result of other health conditions. Note: If possible, it is important to discuss with your doctor how to best reduce the need for oral corticosteroids.

4. Where do I go from here? What actions can I start today? Gaining control of your asthma starts by taking American Lung Association’s My Asthma Control Assessment to determine your level of asthma control. Once you have a better understanding of your asthma, you may need to see a specialist who can better explain what type of asthma you have and what treatment options are available. Make an appointment to visit your asthma doctor to start the discussion, and download the Lung Association’s Shared Decision-Making Worksheet.

This tool, available at Lung.org/severeasthma, can help you discuss with your specialist which treatment plan might be best for you.

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Carmichael Park Farmers Market announces summer hours The Carmichael Park Farmers Market, located at 5750 Grant Ave., in Carmichael, announced summer hours on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is free parking at the market.

The following is a message from Living Smart Farmers Markets, regarding COVID-19 precautions: Thank you for being a valued customer at the Living Smart Farmers Markets. You’re the reason we do what we do, so I wanted to personally reach out to you regarding the current corona-virus situation. For your information, the Farmers Markets are inspected by both the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Health Department several times a year to verify that all of the required procedures to maintain your health and safety in the markets are followed. Over the last 13 years we’ve been in business, we have passed every one of the health and safety inspections by the state and county. As there continues to be an influx of new information each day we appreciate the chance to update you on all the additional precautions we are taking at

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We want to assure you that your safety and the safety of all of our customers, vendors and employees remain our top priority. And that means you can shop with us with confidence.

Here are some additional measures we’ve taken at the markets in addition to our already rigorous health and safety policies: *Only a specific number of people allowed in the market at one time based on size of the market. There are notices posted at entrances of each market with the maximum patrons allowed in at one time. *Gloves and masks to be worn by all vendors at all times during the market. *Only 2 patrons in one booth shopping at one time. Some farmers have multiple booth spaces together, so each 10x10 booth space can only have 2 shoppers at one time. *Only essential food and beverage vendors will be able to be at the markets during this time. *We’ve gone back and reinforced our health and hygiene practices and policies as required by the Environmental Health Department

and the Department of Agriculture regarding how we handle produce and products. Our goal - in this time and always - is to ensure a clean, safe, and sanitary environment, and our vendors and managers are exceeding the guidelines for cleanliness set in place by the CDC. · We’ve increased the frequency of our cleaning of open tables and areas where people gather and have temporarily removed picnic tables and benches to avoid additional areas for germs. · Our vendors are wiping down their tables before and during the market with disinfectant to enhance our health and sanitation guidelines. · We are posting hand sanitizer at the vendors booths throughout the market and at the

information booth for your use. · Open sampling of produce and products will no longer be available until further notice to avoid any chance of cross contamination. · We’re providing our managers, employees and vendors with up-to-date information to keep them - and their families - informed, aware and protected throughout this situation.

We ask that our patrons take additional precautions by washing their hands before and after you attend the markets. All fruits and vegetables purchased from the markets should be washed thoroughly before consumption. Packaged goods should be wiped down with a disinfectant before storing. We appreciate your patronage and will continue to make your health and safety at the markets our first priority.

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Food allergies affect millions of people around the world. The group FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education) says researchers estimate 32 million Americans have food allergies. Among those allergies, milk is a leading source of food-related irritation.

People with milk or dairy allergies experience symptoms because their immune systems react as though these foods and beverages are dangerous invaders, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Symptoms of dairy allergies can include upset stomach, vomiting, bloody stools, hives, and general feelings of malaise. Dairy allergies also can cause anaphylaxis, a severe, life-threatening reaction.

As delicious as dairy products can be, people with dairy allergies have to avoid milk, cheese and yogurt, among other foods. Fortunately for allergy sufferers, a variety of foods and beverages can be easily substituted for dairy products.

- Traditional milk: Non-dairy alternatives for milk abound. Soy milk was one of the first alternatives to cow milk, and now rice, almond, coconut, oat, and hemp seed milks also are available.

- Yogurt: Dairy-based yogurts come in a variety of flavors. So, too, do dairy al-

ternatives. Many alternatives are made from the same ingredients as milk alternatives. So these yogurts may be soy- or coconut-based.

- Ice cream: Silky, creamy ice cream is a treat on a hot day. For people with dairy allergies, soy- and coconut-based ice creams can serve as an alternative to traditional ice cream.

- Cheese: Cheeses can be hard, grated, spreadable, and soft. Substituting for cheese in a non-dairy diet can be challenging. Nutritional yeast can make foods more flavorful and can be sprinkled on like parmesan cheese. Sliced smoked tofu can mimic mozzarella or provolone on cracker platters. Cubed tofu may have the texture of cottage cheese or ricotta. Cheesy sauces often use a combination of ground nuts, spices and nutritional yeast to create that tangy appeal.

- Butter: Many non-dairy butters are made from vegetable oils or coconut.

They often lend fat and flavor to dishes.

Margarines and other butter alternatives are readily available in the dairy aisle.

Many people must avoid dairy due to allergies or other health-related reasons.

Fortunately, stores are stocked with many items that can easily replace dairy in recipes or as stand-alone foods and beverages.

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How to Save Money on Prescriptions if You Lost Coverage (StatePoint) Many Americans are feeling the effects of job loss and furloughs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For people with a chronic condition, loss of insurance coverage can create additional stress during this uncertain time.

However, it’s vitally important for them to stay adherent to their medication to maintain their health and to reduce their risk of complications from COVID-19.

Fortunately, there are ways that people can obtain their medications affordably and predictably even if they have lost coverage.

One program is called Express Scripts Parachute Rx, which offers deep discounts on prescription medications, capping costs at $25 for a 30-day supply of generics, and $75 for a 30-day supply of select brand-name medications for eligible customers. There are more than 40 brand-name medications and thousands of generic medicines available through the program, treating reproductive

health, as well as conditions such as asthma, diabetes, glaucoma, heart disease, migraine, non-opioid pain management, seizures and thyroid conditions. The program, which is available for a limited time, is not health insurance and does not require an enrollment fee or commitment to participate.

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Once you’ve checked medication prices, select the home delivery option.

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Juneteenth celebrated at Cesar Chavez Park on Friday, June 19 Photos by Monica Stark

Commemorating the Emancipation of the last remaining enslaved Blacks in the Confederacy, Juneteenth was celebrated with speeches of social justice, including the call to defund the police and to take police out of schools.