This blog has mentioned the apparent lack of vision for Arden Arcade that seems to have led to where we are now: vacant or seedy strip malls, low-end businesses, abundant cheap apartments, traffic problems, proliferation of liquor stores, pedestrian-unfriendliness, abused neighborhoods, spotty code enforcement, on and on. So much around our community is haywire.

{First a disclaimer: This post speaks of what CITIES are doing, or can do, about the changing world of commercial retail businesses. Arden Arcade is not a city. The literature does not report on how counties are adapting, innovating or otherwise solving issues related to the decline in brick-and-mortar retail activity. That's because counties don't do much except sit around and wait while things…

"Affordable Housing" is a popular item these days, though it is sometimes improperly conflated with homelessness. This post will explore the housing (or lack of it) situation in Arden Arcade.

Sacramento County’s official plans for Arden Arcade are something of a jumble. The foundation is the Community Plan adopted 38 (!) years ago. That 1980 plan was “updated” in 2006 with the adoption of a Community Action Plan as an Appendix to the 1980 document. Both are, frankly, laughable. They speak to the preservation of neighborhoods, improvement of transit, biking and walking, reduction of…