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Thursday, December 3, 2009

CPR: Feature News Story | Johnson's First Year: Struggle to Build Consensus Slows Agenda


CPR: Feature News Story Johnson's First Year: Struggle to Build Consensus Slows Agenda:

"This week marks one year since Kevin Johnson became mayor of Sacramento. It’s Johnson’s first elected office, so he’s had to learn on the job. Over the last year, Johnson has made progress on several fronts: He addressed Sacramento’s highly publicized homelessness problem and helped the city avoid police and fire layoffs. But Johnson’s struggle to build consensus at City Hall is slowing his agenda.

One Year Through the Lens of a Single Week

If you want to know what Kevin Johnson’s first year as mayor has been like, check out two starkly different events from the first week of November, 2009."