Citrus Heights News Briefs: homeless camps, $15k, job search

Latest local news briefs include a bill being submitted by Citrus Heights’ new state representative that would bar homeless camps near schools and parks, the Chamber receiving a $15,000 grant from the city, a youth employment program being launched by a local nonprofit, and more.

Hoover proposes bill barring homeless camps near schools, parks
Josh Hoover, the newly elected state assembly representative for Citrus Heights and surrounding areas, submitted a bill last week that would “prohibit a person from sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property in any street, sidewalk, or other public property within 500 feet of a school, daycare center, park, or library,” according to the Legislative Counsel’s Digest. Violations would be either infractions or misdemeanors. (See full bill)

City Council approves $15k grant to Chamber
City Council members on Thursday voted 5-0 to approve a $14,848 grant request from the Citrus Heights Chamber of Commerce to renew the city’s annual sponsorship of the Chamber and cover annual rent costs to host monthly Chamber luncheons at the Citrus Heights Community Center.

Elliott’s Nutrition to also close Folsom store
Following the shooting death of Elliott’s Fine Nutrition co-owner Charles Starzynski last October, the company closed its Folsom location on Jan. 28, The Sacramento Bee reported. Elliott’s previously closed its Citrus Heights location in November. (See Sacbee story)

Citrus Heights nonprofit launches program to help youth find jobs
PRIDE Industries launched a new Youth Employment Services program on Jan. 12, operating out of the organization’s offices on Sylvan Road in Citrus Heights, The Sacramento Bee reported Tuesday. The program is aimed at helping those age 16 to 24 “who have disabilities or who have spent time in poverty or the child welfare, juvenile justice or criminal legal systems in finding full- or part-time employment,” according to The Bee. (See full story)