Save The Date

Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2025 – Continued City Council Public Hearing – Mayor/ Council will continue the hearing and council discussion, and may vote to accept or reject the project. 5 pm, City Hall, 915 I St.

Click here for the email we sent on December 1, 2025 regarding the December 2 hearing.

The Hearing

On November 18, the City Council met for an informational session on the Airport South Industrial Project. City staff and the developers presented the plans for the project. During the public hearing, about 50 people spoke, and half were pro project, expressing their support for construction and long term jobs.

ECOS volunteers, Natomas neighbors and many others, including the Lorax, expressed their opposition. Some of the issues brought up included the negative impacts to the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan, the loss of prime farmland and wildlife habitat, the improper CEQA process, the fact that other locations were not considered, and, of course, the impacts to neighbors and school children of truck traffic, polluted air and noise.

YOUR petition of opposition, with 1550 names, was presented to the City Council, with a map showing where signatories live. 1000 signatories live in the zip codes closest to the project, over 500 live in other parts of the City.

The Mayor and City Council members Karina Talamantes, Roger Dickinson and Eric Guerra asked staff to research a number of items and return with answers on December 2. The Mayor continued the meeting until December 2. Council members Lisa Kaplan AND Caity Maple are recused. We still need four NO votes.

Action Needed:

Help us keep up the pressure. Tell the Mayor and Council to VOTE NO.

How to write the City Council – email information is here.

Suggestions on what to say – here.

Links

KCRA 3 Coverage of the Hearing – here.

Hoodline Sacramento published an article – here.

Please plan to attend the Hearing on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025.

November 1, 2025

Currently, the City Council dates for discussion and voting on the proposed Airport South Industrial Project (ASIP) are:

• Nov 18th – City Council Public Hearing – The meeting’s structure has not been published yet. However, we recommend preparing questions for the developer and Council members.
• Dec 2nd – Continued City Council Public Hearing – Mayor/ Council vote – this will be the City Council vote to accept or reject the project.

As promised, the City Staff published their recommendations on ASIP last week and the City Council voted to review them. The recommendations are available here. City staff recommend a YES vote on the project.

Note that there are two opportunities for public comment.

Please put Tuesday November 18, 2025 (5pm) and Tuesday, December 2, 2025 (5pm) on your calendar. The address is City Hall, 915 I Street, Sacramento CA.

Take Action: Write your Member of the City Council

We need your City Council member (CCM), regardless of their district, to vote NO on this project.

Normally, there are nine votes on Council, but CCM Kaplan has been recused from the vote due to the location of her residence very close to the project. Four “no” votes will block the project.

Everyone in the City of Sacramento can help build opposition to this project by writing to their CCM. Your CCM’s vote could be decisive.

Contact the Mayor and your City Council Member and help us get to four “no” votes.

Call, email or speak in person to your CMM and ask them to vote NO on the Airport South Industrial Project.

Council member contact information and emails are here.

Speaking/Talking Points

Some possible points to include in your call or email. Fill in the blanks as appropriate. The two most important points to make are – you are a constituent, and you want your CCM to oppose the project.

Dear Mayor McCarty and Council Member ___

I am your constituent and I live at ______________________ (address or at least zip code).

I am writing to ask you to vote no on the Airport South Industrial Project in Natomas.

I oppose this project because

(Choose one or two and put the idea in your own words)

This warehousing project is located next to a school, homes, and wildlife habitat. Impacts to neighbors include noise, lighting, air pollution, traffic, more trucks in the neighborhoods and more trucks on I-5.

The Plan is inconsistent with the Natomas Habitat Conservation Plan, City General Plan, County General Plan, SACOG Blueprint, Urban Services Boundary, Air Quality Plan, Metropolitan Transportation Plan.

The City should not develop farmland into warehouses, there are better, industrial-zoned locations for warehousing projects. It should pursue infill and renovation of aging facilities such as Blue Diamond and Arden Arcade. Or should put additional warehouses at Mather because there is an airport there already.

More warehousing outside the urban core sucks jobs and business out of existing industrial areas.

I object to putting developer profits over sensible growth and community health. Only the property owner/developer benefits from this project.

The project will be bad for the health of Natomas residents, particularly the children at the next-door Paso Verde school and the neighboring residential community.

Sincerely, your constituent, _____________

Plan to attend the hearings on November 18 and December 2 to let the City Council know you oppose Airport South Industrial, the first of four bad projects in Natomas.

Friends, we need a big turn out at both meetings. If you can’t make it to one, go to the other. You have a voice in local government. You have a voice in what Natomas looks like in the future. Use it.

Council member emails are here.

To sign our petitions: go here.

To donate: go here.

Honor Three Natomas Volunteers

Help ECOS honor three Natomas residents who have poured much time and effort into the campaign to save Natomas from developers. At this year’s ECOS Environmentalist of the Year event volunteers Susan Herre, Mackenzie Hollender and Edith Thacher will be recognized. Please join us in expressing your thanks. Environmentalist of the Year awards will be presented on November 14, 6 pm, at Fox and Goose. Become an event sponsor, buy a ticket or two or just make a donation. Learn more about the event here. I look forward to seeing you there.

October 16, 2025

There will be two hearings at the City Council on the Airport South Industrial Project, proposed in Natomas. The dates are currently set for November 18, 2025 and December 2, 2025. The City Council plans to vote on the project December 2. Go here for more information.