Sacramento council to weigh short-term rental rules, water rate protests

New rules for short-term rentals up for a hearing

Vote needed

Two-thirds vote (Agenda, item 14)

Also proposed

Waive Council Rule 7.K.3.b; CEQA exemption (Agenda, item 14)

Source

Agenda, item 14

The council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on an ordinance that would amend several parts of the city code covering short-term rentals.

The item requires a two-thirds vote. The proposal also asks the council to waive a procedural rule so the ordinance text can differ from what the Law and Legislation Committee reviewed, and to find the ordinance exempt from state environmental review.

Instead of publishing just the ordinance title, the city would publish the full ordinance in the official newspaper within ten days of adoption.

Water and wastewater rate protest hearing

Rates cover

Fiscal years beginning July 1, 2027, through 2031 (Agenda, item 15)

Law cited

Government Code Section 53759.1 (Agenda, item 15)

Source

Agenda, item 15

The council is scheduled to consider a resolution accepting written objections that were valid and timely filed against proposed water and wastewater rate schedules for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2027, through 2031.

The resolution would also accept the city's responses to those objections and confirm the city will proceed with the Proposition 218 public protest hearing under Government Code Section 53759.1.

Illegal dumping pilot with new staff and cameras

New positions

9 total (Agenda, item 16)

Camera cost

$128,500; total contract cap $468,500 (Agenda, item 16)

Source

Agenda, item 16

Staff are proposing a pilot called the Recycling and Solid Waste CLEAR Group (Cleanup, Legal Disposal, Enforcement, Awareness, Response). It would add nine positions to the Recycling and Solid Waste Division: one general supervisor, one supervisor, two equipment operators and five maintenance workers.

The proposal would adjust the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund and Commercial Waste Compliance budget in the current fiscal year to pay for the added labor, equipment and supplies.

A separate motion would add five surveillance camera systems through a contract supplement with Mr. Security Camera, Inc. dba MSC Integration for $128,500, bringing that contract's total cap to $468,500.

Large police and fire technology contract with Axon

Police cap

$17,515,189 (Agenda, item 17)

Fire cap

$213,102 (Agenda, item 17)

Term

Through September 30, 2031 (Agenda, item 17)

Source

Agenda, item 17

The council is scheduled to consider a cooperative purchasing agreement with Axon Enterprises, Inc. for police products including body-worn cameras, tasers, drones and software, and for fire department body cameras and software.

The police total would be capped at $17,515,189 and the fire total at $213,102, running through September 30, 2031. The item would also close one police capital project, open a new one, and move $3,579,426 in appropriations into it.

Military equipment policy renewal

Repeals

Ordinance No. 2025-0023 (Agenda, item 18)

Source

Agenda, item 18

The council is scheduled to consider an ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 2025-0023 and adopting a renewed Military Equipment Use Policy, published in full.

The council would also receive and file the Annual Military Equipment Use Report.

Emergency ordinance on horse-drawn vehicles

Where

East Sacramento Holiday Zone, District 4 (Agenda, item 12)

Vote needed

Two-thirds (Agenda, item 12)

Source

Agenda, item 12

An ordinance would amend and add sections of the city code on horse-drawn vehicles in the East Sacramento Holiday Zone.

It is proposed as an emergency measure under the City Charter and would need a two-thirds vote.

Grants, contracts and routine reports

Boating grant

$30,000 plus $3,000 match (Agenda, item 2)

Security grant

$3,734,739 (Agenda, item 11)

Outreach contract

$2,571,271 added (Agenda, item 3)

Source

Agenda, items 1–11, 13, 19–21

Consent items include a $30,000 state boating grant for abandoned vessel removal, with a $3,000 police budget match, and a $3,734,739 regional Urban Area Security Initiative grant covering El Dorado, Yolo and Placer counties that would keep four existing positions.

Other consent items would add $2,571,271 to a homeless outreach contract with Step Up on Second Street, raise a water regulatory support contract with Hazen and Sawyer by $250,001, and add $800,000 to a construction inspection contract with Salaber & Associates.

The rest are routine: the auditor's quarterly activity report, the first-quarter financial report, a CalRecycle grant application up to $200,000, a solid waste container contract supplement, and three final or parcel map notifications received and filed. A public hearing is also set on charging unpaid code compliance costs to property owners as special assessments.