On Wednesday’s mayoral debate, candidates Darrell Steinberg and Angelique Ashby appeared to agree on speeding up the city’s permitting process as a way to improve the business climate. They also mentioned improving public transit and building more housing within the central city as imperative projects. Steinberg stepped ahead of the…
Mayoral candidates spar over resumes, business climate in first public debate
Sacramento City Councilwoman Angelique Ashby criticized Darrell Steinberg’s legislative record in the first public mayoral debate on Wednesday, while positioning herself as a rising local leader who would funnel the city’s surging economic growth into improved public services. “I don’t think that state experience necessarily equates to … local leadership,”…
Ashby and Steinberg Discuss the Issues Facing Sacramento at Mayoral Forum
The top two candidates for mayor of Sacramento met for their second forum Wednesday, where they talked about the issues–from water rate hikes to how to tackle homelessness. With homeless people staging a camp-in at city hall demanding the council repeal the anti-camping ordinance, Darryl Steinberg and Angelique Ashby were…
WATCH: Sacramento Mayoral Forum
The Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Political Action Committee (Metro PAC) sponsored a Sacramento Mayoral Forum and moderated discussion for the business community with candidates Angelique Ashby and Darrell Steinberg. The Forum was broadcast by Access Sacramento in its entirety on Jan. 13, 2016 from the Setzer Auditorium at the Crocker Art Museum.
Ashby, Steinberg face off in mostly cordial Sacramento mayoral forum
The campaign for Sacramento mayor kicked back into motion Wednesday night, when the two front-runners for the city’s top political post engaged in a mostly cordial forum in front of nearly 200 members of the business and labor communities at the Crocker Art Museum. Councilwoman Angelique Ashby and former state…
Sac Chamber of Commerce holds forum for 2 mayoral candidates
Frontrunners in Sacramento’s mayoral race took center stage Wednesday night at a forum sponsored by the Sacramento Metro Chamber. Council member Angelique Ashby and former state senator Darrell Steinberg spoke on topics ranging from job growth to affordable housing. Absent from the forum were candidates Russell Rawlings and Tony Lopez.…
Sacramento Mayoral Candidates Clash At Forum, But Not Everyone Was Invited
Not all of the candidates running to be Sacramento’s next mayor were welcome at a forum on Wednesday. Sacramento City Councilwoman Angelique Ashby and former state Senate president pro tem Darrell Steinberg made it clear from their answers that they are offering voters a difference in political approach. “It’s ultimately…
Sacramento Business Review: Regional economy mixed
The Sacramento Business Review for 2016 forecasts stabilized employment for the region amid a mixed outlook on job growth. The full report of the 15th edition of the Sacramento Business Review was released Tuesday, Jan. 19, with an event at Sacramento State’s University Union Ballroom. The event featured a nationally renowned speaker from Ned…
Human Trafficking? Sacramento Says “Not In My City”
In 2007, the U.S. Senate declared Jan. 11 National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Yesterday, a crowd of about 100 concerned citizens and community leaders met at City Hall to reaffirm their commitment to stop human trafficking in the Sacramento region. Unfortunately, it’s an issue that plagues Sacramento. You can learn…
New group is turning up the heat on business advocacy in the region
On a windy day in mid-September, a group of influential local restaurateurs gathered around a table at de Vere’s Irish Pub in downtown Sacramento to drink beer and discuss how to stop the city from raising the minimum wage. Josh Wood, CEO of the construction advocacy group Region Builders, told…