Sacramento Mayor

Continuing his full-court press to build a new sports and entertainment complex in Sacramento, Mayor Kevin Johnson unveiled his "dream team" task force Thursday to review proposals.

Responding quickly to a mayoral call, some of the region's largest developers are rushing to draw up proposals for a new sports and entertainment arena in Sacramento.

Do we call them Rhee-J?

Unlike Mayor Kevin Johnson, the city's Charter Review Committee didn't recommend major changes to the way Sacramento is governed.

Michelle Smira, one of Mayor Kevin Johnson's closest volunteer advisers over the past year, has bid farewell to City Hall – for now, anyway.

In a move reminiscent of one of his political heroes, Mayor Kevin Johnson announced Thursday that he was forming a task force in charge of getting a new sports and entertainment arena built in Sacramento.

The former NBA star must be getting slow. How else to explain Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's tale of urban woe over the weekend?

Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor initiative would give too much power to one person and "essentially, create a king" in Sacramento, an opponent of the measure said Sunday in a debate.

After learning that Arco Arena is considered unsuitable to host a major college basketball tournament, Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday that Sacramento could lose the Kings if efforts for a new arena aren't stepped up.

After six months of research and 30 hours of meetings, the committee formed to find alternatives to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor proposal thinks the city is fine being run the way it is.

The City Council decided Tuesday not to draft a companion measure to Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor proposal that would address what City Attorney Eileen Teichert described as "legal issues" with the proposal.

Over a seven-day period in August – and in the middle of tough economic times – Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson secured $100,000 to fund a fledgling "For Arts Sake" initiative.

Putting aside the emotion he inspires around Sacramento – both fawning and virulent– it's tough to assess the impact of Mayor Kevin Johnson.

Kevin Johnson's devotees say the mayor is showing a big-city swagger Sacramentans are hungry for. By taking on political foes, they argue, he's been "mayoral," shattering the city's political status quo.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is keeping his friends close and his enemies, well, they're stuck debating whom to nominate to the city's Board of Plumbing Examiners.

The only thing missing from this City Hall soap opera is a man with amnesia.

An attorney known for his criticism of frivolous lawsuits – and his close ties to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson – is suing the city because his car was illegally towed from a midtown block.

The nation's education chief will be in Sacramento Thursday.

No one on the Sacramento City Council can remember anything like it: the city attorney directing the mayor to recuse himself from a council matter – and the mayor saying thanks, but no thanks.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson threw an elbow Tuesday in the city's years-long game with Westfield, the company that owns the Downtown Plaza.

In a standoff between Mayor Kevin Johnson and the City Council, an item on Tuesday night's council agenda detailing "legal issues" surrounding Johnson's strong-mayor proposal was delayed for two weeks because the mayor refused to remove himself from the discussion.

It's looking like city voters will have to decide between Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's strong-mayor proposal and one with less bite.

Get the scoop on Sacramento City Hall happenings, including how the mayor followed a local escort service on Twitter, and why he hired former Bee columnist R.E. Graswich.

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson has grumbled about being budgeted at four full-time staff members to help run a city of nearly a half-million.