We've all seen the street cleaning signs Downtown. No Parking on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, take your pick, from 8 a.m. to noon, usually. We've struggled trying to remember which side is which when we've come home late at night, and then tried to find a spot on the correct side. Is it all really necessary? I've had occasion to be home on a number of street cleaning days for my street. The funny thing is, I haven't seen street cleaners--ever! I don't see the evidence that they've even been there. What I do see are tickets. Evidence that the meter maid has come by to ticket you for parking someplace. Someplace where they need to clean, but won't. For transparency's sake, during a recen

 You can’t escape it if you’ve been downtown for more than 5 minutes. Whether it’s a large mural, a few hastily scrawled “letters”, or an unintelligible scribble. Graffiti, an art form to some, a nuisance to others. I’ve seen it on cross country trips as Amtrak passes any number of freight trains. It’s nearly the signature of the New York City Subway system. What is graffiti? It depends on who you ask. The most common, and in my opinion least attractive, is tagging. Usually done with a paint pen on a street sign or a business door or window. The kind of graffiti I saw on those trains is a more elaborate form of tagging. Sometimes it’s a persons nickname, other times it’s a word, occasio

he's just pathetic. I'm tired of this "business as usual" ploy to get us to feel bad. Just like the talk of Sacramento needing to be ashamed of Arco Arena. It's Kevin Johnson who needs to be ashamed of how he treats his city by talking down to them so. BTW, what kind of BS is it that when you go to his blog and comment, none of the comments appear...ever!

I think there is also something to be said about how much water used returns to the area in which it was originally consumed. Are there any % estimates on how much that is? The 150 acre-feet of water for Nestle leaves and doesn't come back. Whereas the 1 acre-foot per family does come back in the form of drainage from watering, as well as down the sink and down the toilet.

LOL, "public input". That's hilarious. It's on the ballot! It's not changing! Public input is received prior to an initiative receiving it's final wording and being put on the ballot. This isn't public input, it's just an opportunity for him to grandstand and pretend that this is what we need, all while shaming the public and talking down about Sacramento, in order to make us feel guilty and make us feel that we need to vote for this. It's BS.

I saw it today and it looks like they're removing the last of it with a power washer. Shame to see it go. Hopefully the new version lasts for a much longer time. I have lots of friends who loved that ole mural and thought it was cool.

Awesome! Good to hear! Now if only KJ had been honest and started this process before the SMI, and actually indicated that he cared what the people of Sacramento had to say, as well as what the committee thought of the idea.