A lack of cohesion means the Sacramento area missed chances to gain status among metro regions, even as its population grew.
Sparse traffic and less pedestrian activity in Sacramento during the coronavirus pandemic on April 4, 2020. Photo by Melina Mara, Getty Images
I have lived in five different homes — soon to be six — and my workplaces have always been in downtown Sacramento, near the Capitol.In 1974 the six-county region was home to barely a million people. However it was on the cusp of explosive growth, as was the entire state, thanks to Merger would have made Sacramento the nation’s seventh or eighth largest city, with the economic and cultural clout that comes with size. But voters rejected both proposals, one in 1974,
The failures blocked the city from controlling development outside its borders, and its downtown commercial district, once full of department stores, withered. It regained some momentum after theMeanwhile city government has become a model of dysfunction, with officials squabbling over mundane issues, chronic budget deficits and ceaseless conflicts with the county government, particularly over homelessness.
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