SACRAMENTO – Three weeks ago, the City of Sacramento was awarded an $89 million federal stimulus check to address community needs triggered by the shutdown from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This strategy will address the significant impacts on virtually every part of our community due to the public health crisis created by COVID-19,” Steinberg wrote in the letter to members of the City Council.

Steinberg and the members of the Sacramento City Council discussed the CARES Act’s (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) Framework and Funding Priorities this week during the council’s virtual meeting.

For the city of Sacramento, Steinberg has listed four key areas as necessary expenditures to address the effects of the public health crisis:

The $20 million total for each of the four broad categories described above are, Steinberg says, flexible and can be increased or decreased based on pressing needs.

In the letter, Mayor Steinberg said that more than $9 million will be left for various reimbursable expenses related to the city’s response to the health crisis, including funding for food delivery services as well as potential resources for increasing the region’s testing capabilities with State and County partners.