By Bob Walsh
Isleton is the smallest actual
city in Sacramento County. Its base population is less than 1,000.
They have a very well known and well-attended crawdad festival pretty
much every year. For a while, before changes in the law, the cities
main income was from processing gun permits for people in Sacramento
County who could not get them in their home town, usually Sacramento.
That is no longer possible, nor necessary.
The
city is in financial trouble. If I remember correctly they shut down
their police department several years ago due to several different
reasons, at least one of them was cost.
The
city is angling for a loan of $800,000 from the county to keep their
collective head above water. They may end up dissolving the city. It
would be unfortunate, but you need some level of income to maintain even
the pretext of a real city operation. I am unsure that Isleton can
hang in there any more. It would be a shame, but excrement occurs.
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