By Keyshawn Davis | Special To The OBSERVER - Tamika L'Ecluse, executive director of the Sacramento Community Land Trust, discusses the need for coalition building to address the affordable housing crisis in Sacramento, and the importance of inclusionary housing and other solutions.
Over the past few years, leaders in the Sacramento region have repeatedly touted the promise of Aggie Square. The mixed-use project, being developed through a partnership of UC Davis, developer Wexford Science & Technology, and city officials near UC Davis Medical Center, will add thousands of jobs and boost research around science, technology, engineering, and mathematics when it’s completed around 2026. But the project hasn’t been without controversy, with local groups attempting to negotiate with project principals in recent months for a community benefits agreement to address fears that Aggie Square could further gentrification and displacement in surrounding neighborhoods such as Oak Park, as Comstock’s