The Sacramento City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to declare a 102-acre former highway patrol test track in Meadowview surplus property and solicit private development proposals, four years after buying it for more than $12 million with plans that included a homeless “safe ground,” a youth sports complex and a cemetery. Development project manager Ginger Weagraff told the council any development would need at least $50 million in roads, utilities and basic infrastructure the city cannot afford. Under state law the parcel must first be considered for affordable housing; the city also said it may use a small portion for a new animal shelter.
Any eventual project returns to the council for approval.
The council's five-person City Life Committee voted unanimously Aug. 11 to advance a resolution giving Albina Vision Trust the first opportunity to negotiate redevelopment of city-owned parcels next to the Moda Center — two parking garages north of the arena and a green space to its south. District 2 councilors Elana Pirtle-Guiney, Sameer Kanal and Dan Ryan introduced the proposal; Councilor Angelita Morillo raised concerns about giving sole preference to one nonprofit. The measure goes to a full council vote later this summer.
The full council approved the Moda Center renovation term sheet the next day; Albina Vision Trust's stated goal is revitalizing 94 acres of the historic Albina neighborhood.
Mission Local · on a city-property inventory for affordable housing and food-access siting
District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood requested a centralized database of all city-owned property to identify sites for grocery stores, food pantries, and affordable housing, citing New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's municipal-land inventory as a model. A City Administrator's Office spokesperson said the information currently sits in multiple places with no single database, and the annual surplus-property reports exclude holdings of departments such as SFUSD and SFMTA.
Mahmood's earlier push on shelter data produced a biannual citywide shelter list.