Finding out about your area
- Find Your District & City Council Representative
- See upcoming and archived city meetings
- Information about City Municipal Elections
- Search all development projects in the city
- Land Information Lookup
- List of current and completed capital improvement projects
- Transportation Plan and Policy Library: A comprehensive list of transportation plans, policies and projects
- List of recently completed transportation planning efforts
- Public Input Map for safety or connectivity concerns with walking, biking, or rolling
- Sacramento City Code
Relevant City Bodies, Major Projects, & Plans
- Mayor & City Council
- City Boards & Commissions
- General Plan (and 2040 General Plan Update and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan)
- Transportation Planning
- Transit Oriented Development
- Office of Climate Action & Sustainability
- Missing Middle Housing Study
Check out our blog post below if you want to learn more!
More Local Resources
City of Sacramento Planning Academy: This is a free, hybrid course designed to educate, engage, and empower Sacramento residents and business owners on current planning issues and City plans underway in Sacramento. Strong SacTown members have joined and graduated from the Planning Academy!
Boards & Commissions Leadership Institute: The BCLI provides public policy training for Sacramento area community advocates, particularly people from low-income communities and communities of color who have a proven track record of leadership as social justice advocates in their neighborhoods.
Native Land: Learn about the tribes whose land you are on. We acknowledge that the so-called city of Sacramento was and still is on the tribal lands of the Nisenan people. From the Sacramento Native American Health Center’s Land Acknowledgment:
Sacramento was a gathering place for many local Tribes who have lived throughout the central valley and the foothills for generations and were the original stewards of this land. We would like to acknowledge the Southern Maidu people to the North, the Valley and Plains Miwok/ Me-Wuk Peoples to the south of the American River, and the Patwin Wintun Peoples to the west of the Sacramento River. We would also like to honor the Wilton Rancheria, the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County.
Local Groups
These are some local groups in Sacramento that you may be interested in:
- Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS): Working to curb sprawl and protect open space and habitat, expand transit, walking, and biking networks, and advocating for our local and regional leaders to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ECOS has a Climate and Transportation Committee.
- Civic Thread (formerly WALKSacramento): Working to elevate institutionally underserved voices and priorities to co-create communities, neighborhoods, and places where everyone can thrive.
- Sacramento Valley Advocates for a Sustainable Future (SVASF): Working on ending the car monopoly, making our city more healthy, and making a future we can all share.
- Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA): Making Sacramento a great place to ride a bike and enabling more people to choose a bike for everyday travel.
- People’s Budget Sacramento: Working to give the community control and voice in the budgets for the City and County of Sacramento.
- Sacramento Investment Without Displacement (SIWD): Supporting building healthy communities & affordable housing, preserving cultural traditions, & the stability of neighborhoods impacted by big developments.
- House Sacramento (a chapter of California YIMBY): Working to raise housing supply to fight rising rents and for equitable, inclusive, and affordable communities.
- Housing 4 Sacramento: Creating economically fair, and universally accessible housing options for all of Sacramento’s renters, free from discrimination, harassment and uncertainty.
- Sacramento Community Land Trust (Sac CLT): Preserving affordability and community cohesion by preventing displacement and building community power to ensure more equitable development.
- Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), Sacramento chapter: Fighting for housing justice through tenant protections and tenant unions as well as transit justice through ground-up organizing and policy action!
- Sacramento Transit Riders Union (Sac TRU): Connecting transit riders to build collective power.
- Sacramento Metro Advocates for Rail and Transit (SMART): Educating, organizing, and advocating for expanded and improved rail and transit services for the Sacramento region.
- Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR): Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) is An informal organization of people who use transit and advocate for transit solutions which get people out of their cars and onto public transit.
- North Natomas Jibe: Making it easier for the North Natomas Community to walk, bike, and use public transportation.
- Corremos Sacramento: Latino-led run/walk club that aims to center the wellness and voices of people of color in the sport of running.
- Sacramento Climate Coalition (SCC): Working to advance the broader movement for civil rights, justice and our environment
- 350 Sacramento: Working for equitable solutions that accelerate the transition to a sustainable future, with atmospheric carbon dioxide levels below 350 ppm.
- Sacramento Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL): Lobbying for policies to address climate change.
- California Native Plant Society (CNPS): Protecting California’s native plants and their natural habitats, today and into the future, through science, education, stewardship, gardening, and advocacy.
- Save the American River Association (SARA): Protecting and enhancing the wildlife habitat, fishery, and recreational resources of the American River Parkway.
- Organize Sacramento (OS): Provides training, education, and technical assistance to educate community members on community organizing, local government processes, and community and business resources.
Governmental Bodies:
- Sacramento Environmental Commission (SEC): Provides environmental leadership, assistance and analysis, and advice to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and the City Councils of Folsom, Galt, Isleton, City of Sacramento and City of Elk Grove.
- Sacramento County Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force: A county-appointed body to advise on addressing the climate emergency and local climate mitigation and adaptation efforts.
- City of Sacramento Active Transportation Commission (ATC): The city council-appointed commission that provides the council with advice on strategies related to walking and bicycling in the city.
- Sacramento County Bicycle Advisory Committee (SacBAC): An advisory body to the county Board of Supervisors and on matters relating to overseeing the implementation of the Sacramento County Bicycle Master Plan.
- Sacramento Transit Authority (STA): An independent local government agency that administers countywide programs to provide transportation funding, freeway safety, and abandon vehicle abatement, and primarily responsible for administering the Measure A program: the half-percent sales tax for transportation improvements in Sacramento County.