{"id":201631,"date":"2026-03-03T03:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201631\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T03:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T03:59:07","slug":"sacramento-area-leaders-come-together-to-combat-mail-theft-through-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201631\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento-area leaders come together to combat mail theft through task force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Residents in Natomas, Rancho Cordova, and Folsom are experiencing repeated mail thefts, leading to frustration and calls for action from local leaders and residents. Gloria Mercado, a Natomas resident, said, &#8220;A couple of times they&#8217;ve broken into it and a couple of times, I&#8217;ve got mail that&#8217;s ripped when I get it.&#8221; This sentiment is echoed by many in the area. Sacramento District 1 Councilmember Lisa Kaplan highlighted the frequency of these incidents, stating, &#8220;If not weekly, it is hit several times a month, and that is a problem because our residents deserve to have an answer and not, &#8216;there is nothing we can do because this is a federal crime.'&#8221; In response to years of complaints and pressure from local and federal leaders, a new countywide task force is now targeting mail theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents in Natomas, Rancho Cordova, and Folsom are experiencing repeated mail thefts, leading to frustration and calls for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[34036,2934,121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-201631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-mail-theft","9":"tag-residents","10":"tag-sacramento","11":"tag-sacramento-headlines","12":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}