Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Questions, answers about idea of Sacramento city-county consolidation - Sacramento City News - sacbee.com

Questions, answers about idea of Sacramento city-county consolidation - Sacramento City News - sacbee.com

Questions, answers about idea of Sacramento city-county consolidation

Published: Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1A

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson touched a nerve last week when he said he'd like to see a conversation take place over whether the city should merge with unincorporated areas of the county.

While stopping short of suggesting Sacramento embark upon its own manifest destiny, the timing of the mayor's remarks played a big role in the reaction.

Just two days earlier, voters in the unincorporated Arden Arcade community soundly defeated a measure proposing cityhood for that area of the county. The mayor said he was relieved with the result and said there could be advantages to having Arden Arcade fold into



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