{"id":273021,"date":"2026-04-17T19:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273021\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T19:31:10","slug":"sacramento-judge-rejects-halt-to-north-natomas-micro-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273021\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento judge rejects halt to North Natomas micro-community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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North Natomas residents speak at City Hall in March to oppose a micro-community site at the corner of Arena Boulevard and El Centro Road.<\/p>\n

HECTOR AMEZCUA<\/p>\n

hamezcua@sacbee.com<\/p>\n

A Sacramento Superior Court judge denied Friday a temporary restraining order sought by a group of North Natomas residents to halt a temporary homeless shelter site for seniors.<\/p>\n

The temporary homeless shelter would feature 40 tiny homes, each 120 square feet in size. The \u201cmicro-community\u201d site at Arena Boulevard and El Centro Road would include electricity, heating, shared bathrooms and other services.<\/p>\n

The group of North Natomas residents last month filed a temporary restraining order, citing \u201cimminent harm,\u201d against the city to preempt construction, which the residents believed would start in April.<\/p>\n

Resident Rosalee Lehr said the temporary homeless shelter shares the boundary of a mobile home park, mostly occupied by seniors. A cloud of fear hangs over the area, Lehr said, and residents have contemplated moving because of the homeless shelter.<\/p>\n

The group has not retained an attorney and is representing itself in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live in a very nice neighborhood,\u201d said Lehr in court. \u201cAnd we don\u2019t want that to be taken away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Natomas Natomas resident Rosalee Lehr raises her hands in objection as Brian Pedro, director of Sacramento’s Department of Community Response, speaks during a community meeting at Witter Ranch Elementary School about a proposed homeless micro-community in the neighborhood in September. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com <\/p>\n

Senior Deputy City Attorney Leslie Walker stated that construction is not going to begin in April. The city is undergoing an environmental review process, and no contracts have been issued, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis petition is not motivated by civic duty, concern for city governance, or concern for the environment,\u201d the city wrote in its court documents. \u201cThis action is NIMBYism at its most cynical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Shelleyanne Chang sided with city officials, agreeing that residents did not demonstrate imminent harm. The environmental review process for the site is not complete, and construction can\u2019t begin untill it is finished, she said.<\/p>\n

The residents also alleged the city violated Measure O, which regulates how many beds the city provides, and Sacramento\u2019s City Charter. Chang did not rule on those arguments Friday, and said the residents can proceed with arguing those claims in court.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published April 17, 2026 at 10:32 AM.<\/p>\n

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Ishani Desai is a government watchdog reporter for The Sacramento Bee. She previously covered crime and courts for The Bakersfield Californian.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Natomas residents speak at City Hall in March to oppose a micro-community site at the corner of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-273021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273021","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=273021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}