Environmental groups file lawsuits against 440-acre project near Sacramento airport, January 6, 2026, The Sacramento Bee

By Mathew Miranda | January 6, 2026 | The Sacramento Bee

The lawsuits, filed on Dec. 30 and Monday against the city and developer NorthPoint Development, allege that the Sacramento City Council unlawfully approved the project’s environmental impact report last month. The development, known as the Airport South Industrial, would build warehouses, hotels and restaurants in an unincorporated area of Sacramento County.

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Sacramento County still lacks reliable water as Serna loves a bad project, December 15, 2025, The Sacramento Bee

By Tom Philp | December 15, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

For months, Sacramento County has been advancing a 25,000-resident community north of downtown in Natomas without a confirmed water supply. Its new solution is a supply that was slashed by 82% in the last drought, yet the county is assuming that the ugly effects of modern-day climate change will never happen again.

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Sacramento County development threatens a giant, shy snake. Why does that matter? November 20, 2025, The Sacramento Bee

By Jake Goodrick | November 20, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

While the Sacramento project that had advanced the most stalled this summer after strongly-worded pushback from city officials, stewards of the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan — a 50-year effort to build in the basin while preserving habitat for its native species — wonder whether the agreement can endure the county’s unexpected influx of construction. Only so much land exists in the basin for the conservancy to protect its required part, which Roberts said could not happen if the county’s developments were to move forward. “No more of this. It’s a complete end to this.” Roberts said, waving to the intricately carved dirt lot, seeing the wetlands to take its place. “We’re certain that we cannot implement any more of the (habitat plan) if these developments take place. And we’re not equivocal about that. We’re resolute.”

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