Sacramento Press / Mayor to discuss Arden Arcade annexation

Sacramento Press / Mayor to discuss Arden Arcade annexation

Mayor to discuss Arden Arcade annexation

by Kathleen Haley, published on November 4, 2010 at 4:28PM

Storyline: Regional Issues

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Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said Thursday that he wants to start discussing two controversial ideas in 2011: merging the city and county, and the city incorporating the community of Arden Arcade.

Johnson made his comments two days after voters rejected Measure D, a ballot measure to form a city of Arden Arcade.

Johnson said he did not know whether Arden Arcade residents would like to stay in the unincorporated county or join the city of Sacramento. But he