Press Releases
For Immediate Release
October 15, 2024
Contact: Andrew Acosta
Cell: (916) 505-3069
Kevin McCarty for Mayor Launches Digital Advertisement
Spot Highlights Key Differences in Race for Sacramento Mayor
(Sacramento, CA) – The Kevin McCarty for Mayor campaign launched a digital ad entitled – Look it Up) that focuses where the candidates for Sacramento Mayor stand on key issues facing the city.
The ad highlights the following:
- McCarty’s plans for affordable housing and his call for an end to urban camping on our streets.
- McCarty’s goals for more tiny homes and services by working with the County.
- His endorsements from the Sacramento POA and Sacramento Firefighters Local 522.
The ad also shines a light on his opponent. Dr Flo Cofer’s proposal to use our underutilized city parks for homeless encampments and her promise to cut the police budget by one-third (or $70 million) are the two key issues.
Read more about Cofer’s plans for homeless encampments in our underutilized parks and cuts to our police budget –
Cofer’s Quote on using underutilized parks:
Where would candidates place shelters?
Flojaune Cofer during a forum last week said she’d propose an item to place sanctioned homeless encampments called Safe Grounds in underutilized city parks. Unlike privately owned lots, like the one on Stockton Boulevard she proposed in a Jan. 31 forum, the city already owns the parks. Many also have electricity and water hookups so people can shower, use bathrooms, do laundry and charge cellphones, she said…
During a follow-up interview, Cofer did not provide the name of a specific park where she wants to explore opening a Safe Ground. (Sacramento Bee – February 14, 2024)
Read Cofer’s quote on her plan to cut our police budget by one-third (or $70 million).
“Cofer said she arrived at $70 million as her proposed amount to cut because it would bring the department funding down to $147 million…” – Cofer pushes for police budget cuts (Sacramento Bee – February 02, 2024)
Factcheck:
The City of Sacramento is facing a police vacancy crisis while the city population continues to grow.
Read the Grand Jury report on our police vacancy crisis here
Key Facts on the lack of sworn officer compared to the population in Sacramento (Source: Department Overview, SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT, KATHERINE LESTER, CHIEF OF POLICE Presentation – 2/13/2024)
There are 49 fewer police on the streets today than we had in 2008, while our city population has grown by almost 70,000 people.
Sworn Officer Ratio to Population:
FY07/08: 1.74 per 1,000
FY23/24: 1.43 per 1,000
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