Title:
Title
Installation of Black Lives Matter Sign at McClatchy Park
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FileID
File ID: 2021-00195
Location
Location: District 5
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion approving the placement of a Black Lives Matter sign at McClatchy Park by accepting the sign as the City of Sacramento's government speech and authorizing issuance of a temporary license for its installation.
FileName
Contact: Mario Lara, Director, (916) 808-1041, Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment
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Presenter: Mario Lara, Director, (916) 808-1041, Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Pictures of the BLM sign placed at Curtis Park
3-Email from Zach Trowbridge requesting placement of BLM sign at McClatchy Park
4-Drawings of proposed sign
5-Letter of support from Oak Park Neighborhood Association
6-Letter of support from Black Lives Matter Sacramento
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The phrase "Black Lives Matter" refers to an organization founded in 2013 whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on black communities (Source: https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/). It also refers to an overall movement seeking social justice for black communities. The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for the way its call for systemic change has spread around the world.
As a result of police killings of black persons, this past year there have been many protests in cities throughout the nation. The statement Black Lives Matter was painted in streets within many cities. In Sacramento, a group of artists painted Black Lives Matter in the median along Capitol Mall.
During summer of 2020 Zach Trowbridge, a resident of the city who is skilled as a woodworker, donated a Black Lives Matter sign to a local group who erected it in Curtis Park, without the City's permission, as a means of expressing support f...
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