“ In January, the City Council approved a staffing agreement with a nonprofit group that will allow the city to open the centers for longer periods of time. Following a rainstorm in mid-December, Steinberg said that he hopes “over the next week or so we’re going to have a major announcement that is going to create a longer-term respite center.” He said the city is working with the county, and that “there’s not time to waste, obviously. The weather is bad.” 

The plan the mayor referenced would convert the city’s former Powerhouse Science Center in North Sacramento into a permanent respite center. But the site is undergoing construction and a neighboring Children’s Receiving Home, which serves foster youth, has raised security concerns about the plans, said [Greg] Fishman.”

See link to full article for discussion of the larger problem of the Mayor’s Master Siting Plan….