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The old and new buildings of Sacramento\u2019s City Hall stand downtown on July 12, 2018.<\/p>\n
Randall Benton<\/p>\n
Sacramento Bee file<\/p>\n
Sacramento-area readers are tracking a mix of housing developments and policy changes shaping daily life. Here\u2019s a roundup of the top stories on Wednesday, April 29, from across the region and California.<\/p>\n
\u2022 $100,000 salary falls short in California: A national MoneyLion study found that a $100,000 annual income<\/a> still lands residents in the lower middle class in California and 11 other states. The state\u2019s median household income is $100,149, with an annual cost of living of $81,674, putting the lower middle class ceiling at $111,277. Other states with the same finding include Massachusetts, New Jersey, Hawaii, Washington and Colorado.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sacramento proposes job cuts: Sacramento released a budget proposal Wednesday that would cut 46 filled positions<\/a> and slash nearly 100 vacant ones to balance its $1.7 billion budget. The deficit stems from expenses outgrowing revenues, not an economic downturn. The fiscal year begins July 1.<\/p>\n \u2022 2026-2027 ski pass season opens: Springtime is the best time to buy season passes for California ski resorts, and many prices are set to rise beginning in May<\/a>. Options range from the Epic Pass and Ikon Pass to the new Cali Pass for smaller resorts and the Ski California Gold Pass, which costs $4,250 for unlimited access to all 36 affiliated resorts. Independent resorts like Sugar Bowl, Mt. Baldy and Mt. Shasta also offer their own season passes with varying perks.<\/p>\n \u2022 East Sacramento apartment project approved: The Sacramento City Council unanimously approved a 332-apartment, six-story project<\/a> at 324 Alhambra Blvd., granting the city\u2019s first exemption under Assembly Bill 130. The new state law allows urban housing developments to bypass California Environmental Quality Act review. Two neighborhood groups appealed the project, citing traffic, infrastructure and neighborhood character concerns, and one could challenge the decision in court.<\/p>\n \u2022 California expands mobile ID to Samsung Wallet: Samsung smartphone users in California can now add their driver\u2019s license or state ID<\/a> to the Samsung Wallet app, joining the CA DMV Wallet, Apple Wallet and Google Wallet. Mobile IDs can be used at participating stores, some TSA checkpoints and for select government services. As of Wednesday, more than 1.8 million mobile IDs were active under the DMV pilot program, which is capped at 4.2 million participants.<\/p>\n This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The old and new buildings of Sacramento\u2019s City Hall stand downtown on July 12, 2018. Randall Benton Sacramento…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-292791","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\/292791","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=292791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}