North Natomas industrial project clears annexation hurdle but faces lawsuit, March 5, 2026, ABC 10

By Gurajpal Sangha | March 5, 2026 | ABC 10

A controversial development planned for North Natomas cleared a key regulatory hurdle Wednesday after a local agency approved annexing the land into the city of Sacramento, allowing the project to move forward.

“I think that it’s very concerning to me that the issues related to the environment haven’t really been taken seriously by our elected officials,” Fargo said.

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North Natomas industrial project clears final regulatory hurdle, March 5, 2026, The Sacramento Bee

By Chaewon Chung | March 5, 2026 | The Sacramento Bee

The Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission voted in favor of the Airport South Industrial Project in North Natomas on Wednesday, marking the final stage in the regulatory process for the proposal to move forward.

“This project is in the wrong location, it will worsen our air pollution problem, threatening the health of school children and nearby residents when there is already plenty of land within the city that is zoned as industrial and listed as vacant,” Fargo said on Thursday.

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Part of GrandPark project in Sacramento renamed Provenance; workshop planned for March 11, February 26, 2026, Sacramento Business Journal

By Ben van der Meer | February 26, 2026 | Sacramento Business Journal

With a new name, a chunk of what was the GrandPark specific plan proposal in Sacramento County is planned for a workshop next month.

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Environmental groups sue Sacramento over Airport South Industrial project, January 9, 2026, ABC 10

January 9, 2026 | ABC 10

More lawsuits filed, including against city of Sacramento, over Airport South project, January 6, 2026, Sacramento Business Journal

By Ben van der Meer | January 6, 2026 | Sacramento Business Journal

Environmental groups have filed two more lawsuits against the Airport South commercial development project approved by the Sacramento City Council last month.

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SMUD could have killed a bad solar project months ago, but didn’t. Why? January 6, 2026, The Sacramento Bee

By Tom Philp | January 6, 2026 | The Sacramento Bee

This feels like a complete breakdown in due diligence and transparency by SMUD. It was the utility’s job to vet this project with the public, not DESRI. This is a public power utility that is supposed to do the public’s business in public. Somewhere down the line, DESRI became SMUD’s client, not ratepayers, not the community at large, while board members who are supposed to be in charge sat on their hands.

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