Much Ado About Nothing at the City Council

Strange discussion on strong mayor initiative tonight. It turns out that the Sacramento City Council really didn’t vote to place the measure on the June ballot – they just took a vote in August signaling their intent to do so. Now that a judge has declared the initiative unconstitutional and that ruling has been appealed, the court battle would need to be settled before the council could take action.

Plenty of concerned citizens stood up in opposition to the Boss Mayor plan. Kay Knepprath, representing the League of Women Voters, said that group had studied the city’s charter and come to the conclusion that a change to Sacramento’s governance structure was unneeded. Opposition to this back-room power grab continues to grow.