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Tony Rodriguez

Sacramento

South Sacramento Reporter at CapRadio

California Local News Fellow & South Sacramento Reporter at KXJZ-FM (Sacramento, CA)

Research Fellow at Center for Health Journalism

@capradionews reporter | @ucberkeley local news fellow | @sacstate alum|🎤 Opinions are my own

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  • Some City Council members are rejecting a pay raise, amid city budget crisis

    1 month ago | capradio.org | Tony Rodriguez

    Sacramento’s mayor and City Council members are in line for substantial raises. This comes as officials consider laying off city workers, raising fees and cutting back services. Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty would get a 12% pay hike, while council members would get an 8% raise. The city’s Independent Compensation Commission voted to approve the raises last week. McCarty’s annual salary would go from $164,000 to $184,000. Council members’ pay would go from $102,000 to $111,000.

  • Sacramento City Council, residents raise concerns over proposed layoffs, service cuts

    1 month ago | capradio.org | Chris Nichols |Tony Rodriguez

    Sacramento city leaders and advocacy groups raised concerns at Tuesday’s City Council meeting about proposed layoffs, fee hikes and service cuts. They said they’re worried the city’s plans to close a $62 million budget deficit take too much of a toll on youth and emergency services. Interim City Manager Leyne Milstein announced the cost-cutting moves in a budget letter late last month.

  • Sacramento’s retail and restaurant workers can’t afford the city’s rent. R Street housing community aims to change that

    1 month ago | capradio.org | Chris Nichols |Tony Rodriguez

    Brittany Davidick works at a clothing shop on downtown Sacramento’s R Street, but says she can’t afford to live there. She had to move out of the city’s Midtown neighborhood after rent got too high, and now lives in Roseville. “I used to live in Midtown for like five years, but it was too pricey,” Davidick told CapRadio.

  • UC Davis Unveils $1.1 Billion Aggie Square In Sacramento’s Oak Park

    1 month ago | capradio.org | Tony Rodriguez

    By Tony Rodriguez and Tyler WebbUC Davis officially opened the first new buildings at Aggie Square last week, following nearly a decade of planning and construction on the $1.1 billion innovation district. Once complete, the development will include space for biotechnology, medicine, and academic research on a campus in Sacramento’s Oak Park neighborhood.

  • Sacramento rolls out streamlining effort to boost housing production

    2 months ago | capradio.org | Tony Rodriguez

    The city of Sacramento is rolling out a new effort to speed up housing construction by streamlining permits, inspections and approvals. City leaders are calling it Streamline Sacramento. It aims to shorten the time it takes to move from a building application to a completed home. Officials said it will make the permitting process faster and more predictable and could spur more housing construction for all income levels.

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