Scott Mc Kiernan Presents zReportage.com Issue #1044 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY June 9, 2026: ‘Left Outside: How Sacramento Failed Vulnerable Families’ from ZUMA represented Pulitzer winner Renee C. Byer staff at The Sacramento Bee: Unhoused families in Sacramento were left sleeping in cars and parking lots after a sudden transition in the city’s temporary housing program. When the city shifted from its motel program to a new voucher-based system to save .2 million, many families were unexpectedly denied rooms and found themselves with no alternatives. For months officials have been figuring out how to close a 6 million deficit. The city overhauled its Motel Program to save .2 million triggering severe consequences for the city’s most vulnerable. These impacts occurred simultaneously with a surge in Sacramento County’s overall homeless population, which expanded to roughly 7,500 people. Welcome to ‘Left Outside: How Sacramento Failed Vulnerable Families’
#zumapress #zreportage #reportage #journalism
Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press
ZUMAland.com 