By Tom Philp | August 20, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

“Over the past six years the City has tried to work with the County on this project, including numerous meetings and letters to address the City concerns,” McCarty wrote. “Unfortunately, those concerns remain unresolved.”

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By Tom Philp | August 19, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

Approving an Un-Natomas, the basin’s first Uncity, would be a huge step backward, regional planning at its very worst. For being so close to downtown, Pluckebaum’s rosy perspective aside, Upper Westside is a last century project, as it sets aside more than half of its housing land for low-density neighborhoods.

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By Tom Philp | August 18, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

These supervisors are wired to overlook how Upper Westside has no water supply. Or an agreement with the Natomas Unified School District to help pay the hundreds of millions of dollars for four new schools. Or a plan to preserve the river environment that is consistent with a quarter century of planning in the surrounding Natomas Basin and local agreements with state and federal wildlife officials.

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By Tony Rodriguez | August 13, 2025 | CapRadio

Former Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo, now president of the Environmental Council of Sacramento, told the council the plan is a severe danger to the vital grassy areas of the city.

“There is no reason why we can’t include nature in our plans. There is no reason why we should think that we’re the most important species in the world, and that we don’t have an obligation to make room for other species,” Fargo said.

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