Sacramento leaders weigh homelessness, immigration and more today. What to know

The Sacramento City Council will consider a packed agenda of high-stakes issues, from homelessness governance to immigration enforcement. The decisions could reshape policy on housing, public safety and city land use, during its meetings Tuesday (today) at City Hall at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.

On the 2 p.m. agenda

• Active Transportation report: The city’s Active Transportation Commission will give its 2025 Annual Report, which includes the commission’s funding recommendations for projects.

• Immigration enforcement ban: The council will consider a resolution to ban the use of city-owned property for civil immigration enforcement and to offer free signage to private property owners who want to restrict ICE activity. Advocates say the resolution lacks a timeline and penalties.

On the 5 p.m. agenda

• Sacramento Zoo expansion: The City Council will consider a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with the Sacramento Zoological Society to study adding 5.8 acres, including a former pony ride area and land near the Charles Swanston statue, from William Land Park to the zoo. Zoo leaders say without more space, they may have to look elsewhere.

• East Sacramento apartments: The Planning and Design Commission is set to decide whether a six-story, 312-unit market-rate apartment complex from Demas Enterprises can move forward on Alhambra Boulevard. Public comment has skewed heavily against the project, with 34 letters opposing and six in support.

• Homeless agency vote: The City Council is scheduled to vote on how to structure a joint powers authority to address homelessness and whether to invite Elk Grove, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Folsom and Sacramento County to join. County Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez is pushing back, saying jurisdictions don’t trust the city amid its $66.2 million budget shortfall.