ON
ON BY
ON BY SACRAMENTANS AQUATICS DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT WAS FUN.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS WORKING
WITH UC DAVIS ON THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE AGGY SQUARE
INNOVATION CAMPUS AND
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
PLUS THERE'S ALSO TALK ABOUT
ADDING A NEW BUILDING TO THE
CITY'S HISTORIC
.
. AND
. AND HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY
OF SACRAMENTO.
SACRAMENTO MAYOR DARRELL
STEINBERG.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME THIS
MORNING .
MAYOR, TONIGHT.
WELL, YES.
TONIGHT THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO
KICK OFF THE PROCESS OF WORKING
WITH UC DAVIS TO HELP
FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
AGGY SQUARE INNOVATION CAMPUS.
I NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS.
WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE
IN THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO FOR A
LONG TIME.
THERE HAS BEEN WHAT I CALL THIS
PSYCHIC DISTANCE OF BETWEEN THE
UC DAVIS CAMPUS AND DAVIS AND
SACRAMENTO DESPITE THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE THE BED CENTER
HERE.
I SAID WE SAID THE CAUSEWAY IS
10 MILES BUT IT COULD BE 105.
WELL, CHANCELLOR GARY MAY WHO'S
MY FRIEND IS DOING A GREAT JOB
EATING THE UNIVERSITY AND I
TALKED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
BEFORE HE CAME CALIFORNIA FROM
GEORGIA TECH AND WE AGREED THAT
WE WERE GOING TO PARTNER LIKE
NEVER BEFORE.
AND THE RESULT IS THE BEGINNING
OF AGGY SQUARE.
NOW THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP TWIN
CITY, THE UNIVERSITY AND THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THE
CENTER OF INNOVATION EVENT FOR
NURSE SHIP OF TECHNOLOGY
OF LIFE SCIENCES IN THE HEART
OF THE MED CENTER NEIGHBORHOOD
IN SACRAMENTO.
WOW.
THIS IS GOING TO THIS IS GOING
TO CREATE THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
BUT AS IMPORTANT AS THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, RHODES IS
OUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO
MAKING SURE THAT THE
NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE RESIDENTS
IN AND AROUND AGGY SQUARE, THE
STOCKTON BOULEVARD CORRIDOR
BENEFIT.
WE'VE GOT TO DEAL WITH THE
POTENTIAL RISE IN HOUSING
PRICES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE BUILDING ENOUGH AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
AND WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THE
RESIDENTS THE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
SOUTH SACRAMENTO AND FROM OTHER
DISTRICT SOME DISADVANTAGED ZIP
CODES THROUGHOUT SACRAMENTO
THAT THEY ARE EDUCATED, TRAINED
AND FIRST IN LINE FOR THE NEW
JOBS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
CREATING THERE.
AND SO THE CITY'S GOING TRIBUTE
UP TO 30 TO 40 MILLION DOLLARS
THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED AN
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
DISTRICT.
WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY TAKE
THE PROPERTY TAX THAT GROWS AS
A RESULT DEVELOPMENT AND WE'RE
GOING TO PUT IT BACK INTO THE
DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
WOW.
COMMUNITY. WOW. IT'S SO EXCITING.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING.
IT IS A SIGNATURE OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT GROWING A MODERN
INCLUSIVE ECONOMY IN SACRAMENTO
AND HERE IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE TO DO IT ALONE.
THE UNIVERSITY HAS TREMENDOUS
NOT ONLY RESOURCES BUT THEIR
RESEARCH AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT
CAPABILITY.
AND THEY'VE GOT VISION AND THE
CITY HAS VISION AND OUR PRIVATE
SECTOR HAS VISION.
AND SO THIS IS I HOPE THAT'S
THE PROTOTYPE OF WHAT WE CAN DO
THROUGHOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE
CITY AS WELL TO GROW A MODERN
INCLUSIVE ECONOMY.
>> OH, KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT ONE
NOW.
ALSO TONIGHT THERE'S GOING TO
BE A MOVE TO ADD A CERTAIN
BUILDING TO THE CITY'S HISTORIC
REGISTER.
WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND THIS
BUILDING?
>> WELL, WE HONOR THAT COLLEE
AND NATHANIEL COLLEE.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL I THINK HAVE
AN OBLIGATION TO LEARN HISTORY
BECAUSE WHEN YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
MATH COLLEY'S OR THE WORLD AND
WHAT HE DID TO OVERCOME RACISM
AND DISCRIMINATION IN OUR CITY,
WHAT HE DID TO FIGHT REDLINING
AND RACIALLY RESTRICTIVE
COVENANTS AND PROPERTIES THAT
THAT SEPARATED PEOPLE BY RACE
IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT A
PIONEER HE WAS.
IT GIVES ME AND I SHOULD GIVE
EVERYBODY SOME HOPE THAT WE CAN
OVERCOME A LOT OF OUR CURRENT
CHALLENGES.
AND SO TONIGHT WE'RE VOTING TO
HONOR NOT COLLEE AND IT'S VERY
ABSURD.
BUT I KNOW MORE THAN JUST THE
HONORING DESIGNATION OF THE
BUILDING THAT WE ALL TAKE SOME
TIME TO LEARN HIS STORY IN THIS
FIGHT HISTORY BECAUSE HE WAS A
GREAT SACRAMENTANS SOUNDS LIKE
A GREAT STORY.
>> NOW ONE OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY IS
GUN VIOLENCE IN THE CITY AND
HOW IT'S AFFECTING THE YOUTH
AND NOW THERE'S A NEW PLAN TO
TRY AND PUT A STOP TO IT AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS?
WELL, THIS CITY AS I THINK WE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE
THROUGH ITS KERES ACT FUNDING
IS DEAD DEDICATING TO TWO
MILLION DOLLARS TO A SERIES
OF INITIATIVES TO TRY TO STOP
THE SPREAD OF GUN VIOLENCE AND
MUCH IS FOCUSED FRANKLY ON
GOING UPSTREAM IN INTERVENING
WITH YOUNGER CHILDREN.
>> GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND MIDDLE
SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO HAVE A
CHOICE AND MAYBE IN SOME WAYS
DON'T HAVE CHOICE UNLESS
THEY'RE PRESENTED WITH AN
ALTERNATIVE.
WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE
ALTERNATIVE TO NOT CHOOSE THE
GANG LIFE AND AT THE SAME TIME
WE'RE USING THOSE RESOURCES
WORK FOR THEIR COMMUNITY BASED
PARTNERS LIKE BROTHER TO
BROTHER TO ACTUALLY INTERVENE
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THESE
GANGS.
THIS IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT
PROBLEM AND I WILL TELL YOU
COPAN MADE IT WORSE BECAUSE
OF JUST THE INCREASED AMOUNT
OF TENSION, THE INCREASED
AMOUNT OF IDLE TIME HAS REALLY
EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS
CONTINUES.
BUT WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN INTERVENE
BOTH WITH THE GANG ISSUE ITSELF
BUT ALSO AS I SAID EARLIER
UPSTREAM AND PREVENT YOUNG
PEOPLE FROM JOINING GANGS IN
THE FIRST PLACE.
>> VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY AND KEEPING OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE SAFE AND CARED FOR.
NOW I HAVE TO ASK YOU THIS.
WE'RE HEARING YOU MADE A
DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR A THIRD
TERM.
CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF YOUR
THOUGHTS?
>> TO SAY I'M HAPPY TO FIRST
OF ALL, I GET SWORN IN FOR MY
SECOND TERM ON DECEMBER THE
15TH.
SO THIS ALL CAME UP IN THE
CONTEXT OF COURSE MEASURE A
RICCH ON THE BALLOT NEXT WEEK
AND OF COURSE I USED MY MOMENT
HERE TO SAY PLEASE VOTE YES ON
MEASURE A VERY IMPORTANT FUTURE
OF OUR CITY.
BUT I'M STRICT MY SECOND TERM.
AND BY THE WAY, AS YOUNG AS I
AM, I'M STARTING MY TWENTY
FIFTH YEAR OF ELECTED PUBLIC
SERVICE THIS YEAR BY THE TIME I
FINISHED MY SECOND TERM IT'LL
BE TWENTY NINE YEARS AND I
THINK THAT'S ENOUGH IN TERMS
OF SERVING THE PEOPLE
OF SACRAMENTO AND CERTAINLY THE
MOST IMPORTANT CONSTITUENT IN
SACRAMENTO.
MY WIFE JULIE HAS A VOTE HERE
AND I THINK TWO TERMS IS JUST
PLENTY.
SO NO I HAVE NO INTENTION
OF RUNNING FOR A THIRD TERM BUT
I HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF WORK
IN MY HEART OUT FOR THE PEOPLE
OF SACRAMENTO DURING MY SECOND
TERM FOR THE NEXT FOUR PLUS
YEARS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU GIVING
US THAT INSIGHT AND I HOPE YOU
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
THANKS FOR JOINING US