The Sacramento City Council held a regular meeting on September 22, 2026, beginning at 2:03 PM and adjourning at 3:02 PM. The meeting was chaired by Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes, with seven members present (absent: Councilmember Caity Maple and Mayor Kevin McCarty). The agenda included a special presentation, a consent calendar of 17 items, one discussion item (an audit report), information items, council comments, and public comments.
All 17 items were approved in one motion (7–0, with two absent). Councilmembers provided brief remarks on specific items:
Key consent items approved:
Order at 2 03 p.m. Clerk, please call the role. Thank you, Councilmember Kaplan. Councilmember Plecky Baum. Councilmember Jennings. Councilmember Vang. Here. And Vicemor Talamantes. Here you have a quorum. Thank you so much. Councilmore Kaplan, will you please lead us in my acknowledgement and pledge of allegiance? The land acknowledgement in honor of Sacramento's Indigenous people and tribal lands. To the original people of this land, the Nissanon people, the Southern Maidu, the Valley and Plains Miwok, the Putwin Windtoon peoples, and the people of Wilton Rancheria, Sacramento's only federally recognized tribe. May we acknowledge and honor the Native people who came before us, still walk beside us today on these ancestral lands by choosing to gather today in the active practice of acknowledgement and appreciation of Sacramento's indigenous peoples' histories, contributions, and lives. Please remain standing, hand over heart, pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God invisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you so much. City attorney, is there any report out from closed session? Yeah. And again, we have a special presentation today with Councilmember Kaplan leading us on National Suicide Prevention Month. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Friends, it is an honor to lead today's special uh recognition, honoring uh recognizing September as National Suicide Prevention Month. This is personal to me. I have lost an aunt and an uncle to suicide, and I know I am not the only one that this affects. So today is a reminder for everyone in our family, in our community, in our city, and in our nation to say out loud, you care. To say out loud, you matter. In 2024, suicide was the second leading cause of death for Americans from ages 10, 10, yes, 10-year-olds have committed suicide to 34-year-olds. And the tenth amongst all Americans, with 48,824 people having taken their own lives in 2024. Regardless, we know that every one of them was invaluable, special, and worthy of being cherished and a tragedy to have been lost. Kindness matters always. Among these services, Well Space operates the 988 crisis lifelong lifeline. And it has provided suicide prevention services in the Sacramento region since 1953. And the Greater Sacramento chapter for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention plays an essential role in funding critical suicide prevention research and leads year-round local outreach initiatives, such as the Sacramento Out of the Darkness Watch. Thank you for what you guys do both every year. As I was saying to you, this is a heavy topic, but it's one that I think we need to take away and remove the shame and the stigma that's attached to it and talk about it and talk about how what actions we can take to prevent suicide and other families experiencing this tragedy. So with that, I will turn it over to you, Terry. Thank you. Good afternoon, Council members, and thank you, Council Woman Kaplan, for this special presentation. I'm honored to be here accepting this resolution, recognizing Suicide Prevention Month. I am joined by my colleague Kyle. And we are representing a mighty team that answers more than 2,800 988 suicide prevention calls each month from Sacramento residents. This resolution acknowledges the hard work of our team, helps us raise awareness, and reduces stigma about an issue that affects us all. Every day we answer calls, texts, and chats from many different people, including youth who are struggling with bullying and don't feel that they have a single person they can confide in, grieving seniors who feel like their grief has become a burden, and new moms who do not feel the happiness that seems to be expected. For them and so many others, we are here 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is the work we have continuously done since 1953, and it creates safety for the vast majority of callers and comforts them in their time of need. Thank you for your commitment to suicide prevention. Together we are making a meaningful impact. Good afternoon, Council members. And thank you again, Lisa Kaplan, Councilmember, for honoring our Greater Sacramento chapter of AFSP and honoring Suicide Prevention Month for the month of September.