Twenty-two people are running for City Council seats for a city that doesn’t exist. Seventeen of them turned out for a Wednesday night forum to discuss how they would govern the proposed city of Arden Arcade. But voters must first pass Measure D on the November ballot to create the city of Arden Arcade before the candidates can land a City Council job. The public will decide whether an area with about 98,000 people should split from Sacramento County and become its own city. The proposed city would consist of land bordered “on the west and north by the Sacramento city limits, on the north by Auburn Boulevard and the centerline of Winding Way, on the east by the centerline of Jacob Lane

While the June 8 election will arrive in just six weeks, there's no need to fret if you're not yet familiar with all the local candidates. Two organizations are offering a full day of candidate forums so residents can learn about the candidates and issues. The forum, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County and the Sacramento Metropolitan Cable Television Commission, will be held Saturday, May 1. The event begins at 9 a.m. and will end after 5 p.m. “It’s an educational opportunity that we like to provide to the voting public,” said Cheryll Moore, voter services director for the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County. The League and Metro Cable have invited all cand

After months of exhaustive review, the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County has announced its opposition to the so-called “Strong Mayor Initiative” that Mayor Kevin Johnson is pushing for the June 2010 ballot. “SAVE Sacramento is proud to have the League of Women Voters join us in opposition to the Strong Mayor Initiative. This independent, non-partisan organization is extremely well-respected by most voters for its thoughtful, reasonable review process and the resulting positions it takes on the issues. We are pleased that the League came to the same conclusion that we did – that the Strong Mayor Initiative would grant the mayor an unprecedented level of power, opens the door to