Voices: River City

Sacramento is finally moving forward on a vote to enact its $100 million master plan addressing homelessness, a move that could potentially help a good percentage of the estimated 11,000 people in Sacramento County who find themselves without housing over the course of a year (most of them live within city limits), with identified sites for shelter throughout the city.   While this may seem like a local issue, the entire state of California is watching to see what Mayor Darrell Steinberg is willing to do in his city, and what that means for his plans as the state's homelessness czar. Meanwhile, Steinberg is getting national attention for his crowing over a future "right to housing" policy, which is not necessarily related to Tuesday's plan, but is certainly piquing the attention of concerned homeless advocates.   On Sunday, councilmembers Katie Valenzuela (District 4) and Mai Vang (D8) co-published an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee stressing the importance of this plan. In it, they lightly admonish councilmembe