By Tom Philp | August 12, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

In the first time in modern history, and perhaps ever, the Sacramento City Council on Tuesday voted to oppose a housing project contemplated in neighboring Sacramento County. It was the right thing to do. A proposal to build a 25,000-person community next to Garden Highway known as Upper Westside, on lands the city long ago had designated for preservation, is contrary to so many things Sacramento stands for. But it places its relationship with the county in new and unfamiliar territory.

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By Tom Philp | August 11, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

Within days, Sacramento County will consider approving a controversial 25,000-person housing development. north of Interstate 80 that currently lacks an amenity that no home or person can do without: A water source. The county officially plans to rely on the city of Sacramento to provide water to this land next to the Garden Highway and near the Sacramento River. But this proposed development is not within city limits, the city is under no obligation to provide the water and the city has publicly warned the county that there is no agreement to provide the water.

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By Tom Philp | August 8, 2025 | The Sacramento Bee

A massive and ill-advised development proposal by Sacramento County to create a 25,000-person community that is surrounded on three sides by the city is threatening to create a bigger and broader rift between county supervisors and city council members.

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