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Update on CityStart Initiative and Next Steps
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00612
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: 1) Review CityStart Blueprint; and 2) pass a Motion forwarding the CityStart Blueprint to the City Council as an update on the status of this work.
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Contact
Contact: Lynette Hall, Community Engagement Manager, (916) 808-1955, lhall@cityofsacramento.org, City Manager's Office of Innovation and Economic Development
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Presenter
Presenter: Lynette Hall, Community Engagement Manager, (916) 808-1955, lhall@cityofsacramento.org; Amy Williamson, Financial Empowerment Manager, (916) 808-1046, awilliamson@cityofsacramento.org; Ari Green, Community Engagement Analyst, (916) 808-5097, agreen1@cityofsacramento.org; City Manager's Office of Innovation and Economic Development
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description Analysis
2-REC Presentation March 2026
3-CityStart Blueprint
4-Boosts and Blocks
5-Sac LIFT Framework
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The City of Sacramento was awarded a $75,000 grant to participate in the CityStart initiative with the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund). Sacramento was one of eight local governments selected nationwide through a competitive process, joining 32 other municipalities that have already completed the CityStart blueprint process. Sacramento and the 7 other cities were the first in the nation to create blueprints solely focused on the wealth gap for local Black residents, as CFE Fund set that new focus for the initiative.
Through this initiative, the City received planning support and technical assistance to design a blueprint that identifies actionable strategies to strengthen residents' economic well-being, with a focus on addressing wealth disparities experienced by Black residents. Members of the City's Office of Innovation & Economic Development partnered with staff from then-Mayor Darrell Steinberg's offic...
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