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When the Rivers Rise – Water Committee Presentation, April 14

The ECOS Water Committee Presents

When the Rivers Rise – Flood Risk and Resilience in the Sacramento Region

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Featuring:

  • Gary Bardini | P.E., Director of Planning, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
  • Austin Miller | Environmental Specialist at Sacramento County Department of Water Resources
  • Nicole Sears | Environmental Scientist & Graduate Student, Water & Environmental Law, McGeorge School of Law

Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6656164155
To phone in: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 665 616 4155

Learn about the Sacramento region’s flood risks, current mitigation efforts, and how you can prepare for future floods.

Click here for the meeting agenda packet.

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California Northstate halts 400-bed Elk Grove hospital project to ‘consider all options’

By Michael Finch II | February 26, 2021 | The Sacramento Bee

Many nearby residents and environmental groups, including the Sacramento Sierra Club [and the Environmental Council of Sacramento], were opposed to the planned hospital’s location which would have neighbored the Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.

A consultant from Ascent Environmental, which conducted the environmental impact review for the hospital project, suggested the school could consider at least three alternatives during the planning commission meeting last week.

To read the article in full, click here.

To learn more about this project, click here.

California Northstate presses pause on medical center project

By Felicia Alvarez | February 25, 2021 | Sacramento Business Journal 

…the Elk Grove Planning Commission unanimously rejected the project plans, citing concerns about the location of the proposed medical center.
…the proposed hospital is still eligible to go before the Elk Grove City Council, which would have a final say on the project.

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To learn more about this project, click here.

California Northstate’s hospital rejected by Elk Grove Planning Commission

By Felicia Alvarez | February 19, 2021 | Sacramento Business Journal

“This is a poorly located project to serve Elk Grove proper, being located at the furthest southwest corner of this city,” Wieser said. “I’m not against a high-rise. There are places in our city for a building of this size, but this is not the right location.”

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To learn more about this project, click here.

Elk Grove CNU Hospital Vote: February 18, 2021

Posted February 11, 2021

The California Northstate University Hospital/Wet Lab project is going for a recommendation at the Planning Commission meeting on February 18, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. 

Are you worried about the impacts the CNU Wetlab/Hospital Project would have on our community and surrounding wildlife?
➡️ Contact the City of Elk Grove Planning Commission. Voice your concerns about the project to City Planning officials, using the prefilled email on the Responsible Elk Grove website.
➡️ Sign up for email updates at bit.ly/REG-email-signups.
➡️ Engage and share the updates on our Facebook page.
Learn more at ResponsibleElkGrove.org.

We need folks to submit comments about this poorly planned hospital development. To learn more about our concerns, click here.