In 1997, the suburban dream was strong in the Sacramento areas. The capital city drew various measures of pity and indifference from coastal urbanities while places such as Elk Grove, Folsom, and Roseville grew as quickly as tract-home developers could build them. That's the year that Tom Pace joined the City of Sacramento's Planning Division. In the years since then, Sacramento and Pace -- who took over long-range planning in 2006 and became planning director in 2017 (after

The city is proposing a specific plan that would destroy part of the historic project. But the court ruled that it was not required to consider an alternative plan put forth by advocates.

All through COVID, the massive population losses being experienced in coastal California – especially in Los Angeles County – were being offset by some population growth in inland counties from Sacramento to the Inland Empire.