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SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS CHANGE TO THEIR ANTI-PANHANDLING ORDINANCE Currently aggressive panhandling and soliciting for donations from a median or off-ramp of a freeway is against the law. Their proposed changes would make it against the law to panhandle within … Continue reading →

Farm to Every Fork Benefit Helps the Hungry, Urban Growers, Farm Workers By Sally Ooms                         farmtoeveryfork.org The fourth annual Farm to Every Fork benefit dinner is coming up, … Continue reading →

Dear Friends of SHOC,  City of Sacramento officials have decided to move forward establishing a policy that Sacramento Police Department officers are not to confiscate the survival property of anyone living outside. This decision itself comes after years of advocacy from … Continue reading →

We had a march scheduled for Thursday, 12/15/16, from Loaves & Fishes to City Hall to welcome Mayor Steinberg to his position. We are canceling the event because a big storm is expected to hit us that day with rain … Continue reading →

Protesters occupying outside of Sacramento’s City Hall for the #Right2Rest has been ongoing since December 8, 2015. Its against the law to live outdoors, to be homeless in a city that does not have enough shelter beds and housing for … Continue reading →

Press Advisory – November 18, 2015 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 2015 focus on criminalization of homelessness Contact: Paula Lomazzi, Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee, 916.862.8649 This is National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Communities throughout the nation are participating … Continue reading →