Sacramento news roundup: Housing, ICE ID law and ‘No Kings Day’

Sacramento-area experts are divided over whether building more housing would reduce California’s poverty rate, a federal appeals court blocked a state law targeting ICE officers and organizers plan weekend “No Kings Day” rallies. Here’s a quick digest of some of today’s top stories.

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• A study funded by Pew Charitable Trusts argues that boosting housing construction in high-cost states could cut California’s supplemental poverty rate down to the national average, according to reporting on the Oxford research by Zachary Parolin. California has the nation’s second-highest poverty rate at 17.8% under the supplemental poverty measure, which factors in local cost of living, with rents up 61% from 1985 to 2023 while median incomes rose 45%.

• A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel blocked Senate Bill 805, a California law that would have required federal officers to display their names or badge numbers in public. State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Alhambra, who authored SB 805, said she was “deeply disappointed” by the ruling as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement.

• “No Kings Day” demonstrations return Saturday, Oct. 17, with rallies across the Sacramento region focused on voter participation, including events at Cesar Chavez Plaza, McKinley Park and sites across Placer, Yolo, El Dorado and Nevada counties. The weekend rallies follow June 14 protests that drew more than 5 million people nationwide, including an estimated 5,000 demonstrators at the California state Capitol.