Woodland voters to decide 1-cent sales tax as city faces widening deficits

Vitaliy Moskalenko

17 Jun 2026 — 3 min read

Downtown Woodland is pictured at the intersection of Main and First streets.

A satellite map shows the Upper Westside Specific Plan area west of Interstate 5, near Natomas and the Sacramento River.

Sacramento County approves 9,356-home Upper Westside plan west of North Natomas

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the Upper Westside Specific Plan, establishing a framework for more than 9,300 homes, commercial development, schools, parks, and public infrastructure on largely agricultural land west of North Natomas. The decision followed more than four hours of presentations, public testimony, and

Rancho Cordova considers hotel assessment to help finance DOVA arena, infrastructure

Regulations now account for $131,734 of a new home’s price, builders group says

Government regulations now account for more than a quarter of the price of a new single-family home, according to a newly released study from the National Association of Home Builders, adding another data point to the debate over why new housing remains so expensive to build. The June 8