Economic Development, Community Planning

BizX Event Returns May 7 for Small Business Week

April 16, 2025

Entrepreneurs, small business owners and industry professionals are invited to join BizX 2025 on May 7 from 3 to 6 p.m...

Fraudulent Invoices Targeting Planning Customers

March 28, 2025

​​Sacramento County has been made aware of a fraudulent email scheme targeting both current and former Planning customers..

Our Shelf-Ready ADU Plans Are a Hit with Residents

February 13, 2025

​​On a roughly one-acre property in rural northern Sacramento County, Rick Field is one of the first County residents to build...

$2.7M Awarded for Community Development Projects

January 17, 2025

Sacramento County will receive $2,718,235 as part of a historic $100 million awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD...

Shaping Sac County's Economic Future Together

January 08, 2025

​​Sacramento County’s Office of Economic Development (OED) invites residents, business owners and stakeholders​...

Celebrate Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30

November 27, 2024

Small Business Saturday is celebrated across the nation every year to highlight the importance of supporting small businesses. Now more than ever, small business...

Apply Now for Cultural Arts Grants in SacCounty

October 15, 2024

Arts and culture nonprofits located throughout Sacramento County are invited to apply for grants to assist with general operating expenses. The $...

2023 Crop and Livestock Report Update

October 09, 2024

​During her presentation of the 2023 Sacramento County Crop and Livestock Reports at the Oct. 8 Board of Supervisors Meeting, Agriculture Commissioner, Chris Flores..

BERC Awards Eco-Friendly Businesses in Sacramento

October 03, 2024

​On Sept. 26, 2024, Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC), a division of the Sacramento County Office of Economic Development presented the 18th Annual ...

A New Master Planned Community Breaks Ground

September 26, 2024

Sacramento County joined state and federal elected officials and representatives from Somers West today to kick off the groundbreaking of the Braden Master Plan...

Board of Supervisors Adopt Infill Program

August 21, 2024

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted yesterday to adopt the County’s Infill Program Update and directed staff to implement certain actions identifie...

SacCounty Rezones Aim To Boost Affordable Housing

August 21, 2024

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted today to adopt a series of resolutions and ordinances to rezone ...

Board Approves Resolution to Streamline Infill

June 05, 2024

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a Resolution of Intention to amend the Sacramento County Zoning Code and Sacramento County Code to accelerate housing and infill development in Sacramento County...

$3M Approved for Neighborhood Improvement Projects

May 09, 2024

​​During the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Budget Hearings, the Board approved $3,000,000 in funding, budgeted in the Neighborhood Revitalization Fund, for a Neighborhood Improvement Initiative (NII)...

Capital Region Small Business Week April 28–May 4

April 17, 2024

Sacramento County's Office of Economic Development​ is partnering with the City of Sacramento's Office of Innovation and Economic Development to host “BizX, L...

Early Steps Taken to Streamline Infill Development

April 16, 2024

The Board of Supervisors conducted a workshop at its April 10 meeting to discuss a range of policy considerations related to process improvements, hearing body ...

New AI Tool Makes Residential Permitting Easy

March 28, 2024

​​​The Building Permits and Inspection (BPI) Division of the Community Development Department has launched a new “AI tool” to help residential construction...

Development Process Improvements Six-Month Update

March 26, 2024

​At today’s Board of Supervisors Meeting, Dave Defanti, Deputy County Executive for Community Services, along with representatives from the County Departments o...

County Economic Development Strategic Plan Update

March 19, 2024

Sacramento County’s Office of Economic Development (OED)​ has launched efforts to create an updated Economic Development Strategic Plan (EDSP) to guide priority...

Commemorating National Weights and Measures Week

March 06, 2024

On March 2, 1799, President John Adams signed the United States’ first weights and measures law. To commemorate this event, Weights and Measures departments ac...

Water Resources – Water Quality Protection Grants

January 30, 2024

​The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has recently awarded eight recipients for the 2023-24 Watershed Stewardship and Educational Grant program...

Holiday Food Safety Tips Ahead Of Thanksgiving

November 22, 2023

​​Thanksgiving is tomorrow and if you are planning to be in the kitchen cooking up a feast for friends or family, you need to start thinking about safe cooking,...

2022 Crop and Livestock Report Released

November 07, 2023

During her presentation of the 2022 Sacramento County Crop and Livestock Report at the Nov. 7 Board of Supervisors Meeting, Agriculture Commissioner, Chris Flores...

Grants Available For SacCounty Art Organizations

October 03, 2023

Sacramento County’s Office of Economic Development has partnered with the City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture to offer grants to nonprofit...

Access Your Improvement Plan Status Online!

August 09, 2023

​The Sacramento County, Community Development Department, Site Improvement & Permits Section is making it easier for applicants to check the real-time status...

Big Day of Giving: Give Where Your Heart Is

May 02, 2023

The eleventh annual Big Day of Giving is underway, and Sacramento area residents are encouraged to come together for this online giving challenge. Big Day of Giving...

Capital Region Small Business Week May 1-6, 2023

April 25, 2023

​Sacramento County's Economic Development is partnering with the City of Sacramento's Office of Innovation and Economic Development to host “BizX...

Do You Have an Uncashed Sacramento County Check?

April 05, 2023

​​Currently, the County has more than 7,600 uncashed checks, totaling more than $3.6 million. How does this happen, and could this be your unclaimed money? ...

County Hires New Economic Development Director

March 29, 2023

​​Sacramento County has a new Economic Development Director. Crystal Bethke, who has worked for Sacramento County's Office of Economic Development since 2007...

Sacramento County Social Workers Break Barriers

March 23, 2023

​​The Planning and Environmental Review (PER) Division of the Sacramento County Community Development Department is updating the County's Infill Program...

SacCounty’s Infill Program Wants to Hear From You

March 16, 2023

​​The Planning and Environmental Review (PER) Division of the Sacramento County Community Development Department is updating the County's Infill Program...

Japanese Beetle Project Continues in SacCounty

March 15, 2023

The Sacramento County Agricultural Commissioner, in cooperation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), is beginning the third year...

Free Tax Help For Low Income Households

February 14, 2023

​​​If you haven't already, now is a great time to think about filing income taxes. Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a benefit for which anyone with a househodsl...

Grant Program for Non-Profit Organizations to Open

February 09, 2023

​​The County Board of Supervisors intends to continue providing $1 million through the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Grant Program to support nonprofit organization...

Sac County Earns State Prohousing Designation

February 03, 2023

​The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced that Sacramento County has earned the state’s Prohousing Designation. Sacramento County, along with Placer County and the City of El Cerrito...