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The Sacramento Brief Monday August 17, 2027 | Sacramento’s New Rules for Pets, Home Businesses & Backyard Builds. · The Sacramento Brief

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  Good morning. This is the Sacramento Brief, your
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  weekday roundup of overnight headlines and what's
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  ahead across the city. I'm Carol. It's Monday,
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  August 17, 2026. Let's get you caught up. Sacramento
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  police are investigating a weekend shooting along
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  Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Officers were
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  called to the 5300 block just after midnight
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  on Sunday. Police say they found evidence that
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  shots had been fired, but no injuries were reported.
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  Officers investigated the scene and generated
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  a report. No information on a suspect has been
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  released. And meanwhile, in North Sacramento,
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  police recovered an occupied stolen vehicle Saturday
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  evening near Norwood and Jesse Avenues. Officers
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  located the vehicle shortly after 7 p .m. Saturday.
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  The driver was detained and arrested on related
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  charges. And now, stepping outside. We're starting
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  off the work week with a pretty comfortable August
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  day. Expect some clouds early, gradually giving
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  way to sunshine with a high near 90. Winds will
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  be out of the southwest at 5 to 8 miles per hour.
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  Now to CityWatch. Sacramento County has just
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  updated its zoning code. Some of these changes
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  may actually affect what you do at home. The
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  Board of Supervisors approved a package addressing
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  134 issues identified since the current code
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  was adopted in 2015. And some of them are surprisingly
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  everyday. Own a large property? Certain lots
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  of at least one acre will be allowed to have
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  more dogs and cats. In some agricultural and
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  larger zone lots, that could mean up to as many
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  as 10 pets. Run a business from home? The county
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  is getting rid of its old rule limiting certain
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  home businesses to 32 hours per week. Keep in
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  mind, noise, traffic, and parking restrictions
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  still apply, but the rules are being updated
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  to better reflect remote work and internet -based
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  businesses. Thinking bigger in the backyard?
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  Workshops, studios, pool houses, and other accessory
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  structures may have more flexibility, including
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  heights of up to 24 feet in some circumstances
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  when additional setbacks are provided. Restaurants
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  will also get more freedom in catering options.
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  And then there's the arcade rules. Sacramento
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  County still had arcade regulations dating back
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  to 1982. Rules written when officials were apparently
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  worried that teenagers were skipping class and
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  spending the day at the arcade. Those rules are
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  finally being removed. And tattoo shops are getting
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  an update also. They'll now be classified more
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  broadly as body art facilities, reflecting services
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  beyond traditional tattooing. Sacramento County
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  says the larger goal is to remove outdated regulations,
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  simplify confusing ones, and make the code better
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  reflect how people actually live and work today.
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  The changes take effect on September 10th, and
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  yes, zoning still determines what gets built
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  where. You're tuned in to the Sacramento Brief,
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  your daily Sacramento update. Listen anytime
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  Just ask for the Sacramento Brief. And now, back
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  to the Brief. If your Monday needs a soft landing,
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  Ritual Wellness House in Midtown is hosting Slow
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  Flow Yin Yoga tonight. All level classes combine
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  gentle movement and breath work with longer held
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  poses designed for stretching and relaxation.
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  That's happening tonight at Ritual Wellness House
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  at 2114. P Street in Sacramento. And with that,
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  your Monday is underway. That's all for today's
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  Sacramento Brief. You'll find the links to today's
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  events in the show notes. I'm Carol. Thank you
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  for trusting me with your morning. Be safe, stay
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  sharp and I'll see you tomorrow.