Sentinel Staff Report–
Latest Letters to the Editor discuss Sunrise Mall and the possibility of new ownership.
Previous plans to purchase the mall:
I’ve been following the stories about the mall all year and it seems like the city doesn’t want to do anything with the property. The plan to purchase the mall and redevelop with Home Depot as anchor was a great idea and opportunity to sell and have retailers who actually bring money and opportunity to our city. If you’re not going to build a mall to compete with Arden or Galleria, then you need to demolish and rebuild. How much in taxes is our city losing from the mall? I have been here before the mall was built and Citrus Heights wasn’t a city. When the city was first formed it really improved the town but that has changed and not sure why.
–Debbie Scott, Citrus Heights
Sunrise Mall has drug needles:
Before I move to Rocklin, I went to Sunrise Mall, and I have noticed Mrs. Fields cookie place has graffiti and dust and which I don’t know how people can graffiti Mrs. Fields cookie place if it had a gate and it was locked. And they have abandoned the store fill with Christmas decorations. Back in 2023 I was going to Sunrise Mall, I have also noticed in the parking lot near Macy’s Men’s and by the bank, I noticed there’s drug needles all over and at night time people would drive up and ask you about children, say they were a parent. I reported it to mall security, but of course they didn’t do anything. I have also noticed the smell of weed outside and so I moved to Rocklin, and I tell you, the Galleria Mall is the best mall ever, super clean.
— Morgan Wills, Rocklin
Plans for redevelopment:
Buying property at Sunrise Mall doesn’t mean someone is going to have the money to develop it as the city wishes. We are so broke we spend over 50 percent of our operating budget on police. The Pandemic actually saved us by getting millions of dollars. We CAN’T afford to keep throwing good money after bad.
–Alfred Sanchez, Citrus Heights
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