Incorporation

Arden Arcade is an unincorporated community of nearly 100,000 people. It is also the County's "cash cow" due to the level of economic activity in the community. If it was a city it would rank in the upper 1/3 of all cities in California, would qualify for revenue streams not otherwise available for infrastructure improvements, and - perhaps most importantly - would provide its residents with democracy and local control via a Mayor and a City Council focused on local priorities. The pages herein discuss topics of annexation and incorporation with the hope that local residents will be better informed as to governance options available to them.

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Supervisor Desmond speaking from the podium at the December 2023 meeting of the Wilhaggin Del Dayo Neighborhood Association

Re-starting discussions on municipal Incorporation

Among California's counties, Sacramento County has an unusually high rate of people who reside in unincorporated areas. With over 600,000 residents, the County's vast, unincorporated "UnCity" is the largest political subdivision within the County. Supervisor Rich Desmond routinely tells the public that his Supervisorial District is known to the other Supervisors as "the unincorporated district…

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Community Meetings 2019 and prior

In June of 2019 the City of Sacramento began the process of updating its General Plan by holding a meeting at the Arcade Library to ascertain citizen input from its Campus Commons and Swanston Estates (AKA "Arden Arcade") neighborhoods. About 100 people showed up, none of whom lived in the targeted areas. In fact, only two residents of the City of Sacramento (from Midtown) attended and they were…

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Incorporation efforts in other communities

California has 482 cities. It also has over 6 million people who live in urbanized unincorporated communities. Put in perspective, the states of Tennessee and Missouri each have around 6 million people. Those states have 2 Senators in Congress, a Governor, and their own state Legislature to represent them and strive for public policies that will benefit their constituents. The 6+ million…

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