Sacramento Observer

Black-Owned News Outlets Will Run Gov. Newsom’s Quarterly Column ‘On the Record’

Starting this month, over a dozen California African American-owned-and-operated news outlets – including the Los Angles Sentinel, the Oakland Post, the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint, the Sacramento Observer, the Inland Valley’s Black Voice News and the San Francisco Sun Reporter – will publish in-print and online a quarterly column Gov. Gavin Newsom writes to inform Californians about important policy issues impacting them.

Stephon Clark’s Brother, Sacramento Police Chief Sit Side-By-Side on Panel in D.C.

Organized by the Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce (SBCC), the panel discussion drew guests from all over the country. They came to see officials, leaders and activists from California participate in a lively and thoughtful discussion about African American life and well-being in Sacramento. The panelists dove into various ways public safety, mental health and public policy all rub against each other and impact the lives of Blacks in California’s capital city.