City Council - 1/18/2022

The Sacramento City Council meeting on January 18, 2022, included discussion of a proposed $1 million COVID-19 vaccination outreach campaign. Council members raised concerns about the timing, measurable results, and use of funds; staff said the campaign would target communities by ZIP code, include $130,000 for community-based organization outreach stipends, and use the remaining funds for paid media and related outreach. The proposal involved selecting marketing firm Runyon Saltzman, but the transcript does not capture the final consent-calendar vote or confirm the contract’s disposition.

Council members also discussed a surplus-land housing agreement with developer Anton for a roughly 26-acre site, including an amendment tying release of the regulatory agreement on market-rate parcels to completion of the affordable tax-credit project. Members raised workforce standards and asked staff to explore whether local-hire and apprenticeship requirements could be included and whether future surplus-land policies should address such standards; the transcript does not show a final vote on the consent calendar. Separately, the council denied a conditional use permit for a proposed fuel center at Crocker Village by a 7–0 vote, with two members recused; this was a land-use decision rather than a procurement action.