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February 12: A Critical Hearing for East Sacramento

The Alhambra Redevelopment Project (P24-007), known as the former Mary Ann’s Bakery, will be heard at the February 12, 2026 meeting of the Planning and Design Commission. This hearing is a key opportunity for residents to provide direct, on-the-record input before the project moves further through the approval process.

Hearing details:

• Date: February 12, 2026
• Time: 5:30 p.m.
• Location: Council Chambers, New City Hall, 1st Floor
  915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Residents who are concerned about this project are strongly encouraged to attend.

Why Attendance Matters

This redevelopment targets the East Sacramento Casa Loma Terrace neighborhood, a small residential area vulnerable to excessive infill development. Projects like this do not stop at one location—they set precedents.

If this can happen here, where is the next target? On your block?

Early hearings are where decision-makers gauge public concern. Numbers matter. A strong turnout demonstrates that East Sacramento residents are engaged and expect development that respects neighborhood scale and character.

Learn More and Stay Involved

For additional background, updates, and ways to stay engaged, residents are encouraged to visit:

SAVE EAST SAC
https://www.saveeastsac.org/

About the Materials Below

The graphics below provide:

1. A visual representation of the proposed project
2. The neighborhood’s position opposing the project
3. A letter from East Sacramento Preservation detailing its support for opposing the project

           ESP, Inc., PO Box 191763, Sacramento, CA 95819  

February 4, 2026

City of Sacramento

Planning and Design Commission

915 I Street

Sacramento, CA  95814

RE: Project Number P24-007 (Alhambra Redevelopment Project) 

Dear City of Sacramento, Planning and Design Commissioners:

East Sacramento Preservation, Inc. (ESP) is a Sacramento Neighborhood Association that is writing in opposition of the proposed development of Project number P24-007 (Alhambra Redevelopment Project), at Alhambra and C and D Streets. 

The ESP board has reviewed a brief update of the project.  It shows that now more units have been added and fewer parking spaces on site.  This means more cars will be flowing into already narrow and congested neighborhood streets for their parking needs.  I am assuming that each unit will have a minimum of 2 cars. This translates to about 500-600 cars without designated or available onsite parking spaces will overflow into the contiguous neighborhoods.

While on traffic, these same cars will add to the already congested and backed up traffic waiting to get onto the East bound Business-80 freeway at the on-ramp at 30^th and E Streets. Presently we are seeing traffic stacked from 30^th street backed onto McKinley Blvd to Alhambra Blvd. and wrapping around the intersection onto the north side of Alhambra from McKinley Blvd. What are the traffic engineers saying about this impaction?

The other major concern about this project is the lack of height restriction to 3 stories high in keeping with the Alhambra Corridor Special Regulations and Restrictions Code (cited below). Remember these “infill” projects are to be “in keeping with the existing residential neighborhoods.  How is a residential development of 6-stories complementary to single family one-storied small residential homes?

17.420.020   Alhambra Corridor special regulations and restrictions. 

B.   Residential preservation transition buffer zone.

      1.   General rule. Except as provided below, development located within 300 feet of a residential zone (measured from the street centerline) shall not exceed 35 feet in height. This restriction is intended to establish a buffer zone to protect residential neighborhoods from visual intrusion by new development that is out of scale with the adjacent residential neighborhood.

 2.   Exception. The planning and design commission may approve a conditional use permit allowing additional height, provided that the height may not exceed the limits established by the applicable base zoning chapter. To approve the conditional use permit, the planning and design commission must find that the development will not be out of scale with the adjacent residential neighborhood. An example where the intent of the buffer zone is maintained while allowing additional height is a development incorporating design features or step-backs that reduce the walled effect on adjacent smaller-scaled residential development.

ESP wants to be included in all correspondence and information regarding the Mary Ann’s Bakery Project (P24-007). Also, ESP would like to be informed of any community outreach meeting that may be planned by the developer or City of Sacramento for this project. Please email to martinpalomar@yahoo.com and wrldwdwil9@gmail.com

How is this P24-007 in Keeping with the Code?

ESP would like a response from you regarding our stated concerns.

Respectfully,

Martin Palomar                         Will Green

East Sacramento Preservation, Inc.

Martin Palomar, Pres. / martinpalomar@yahoo.com

Will Green, M.D. Treas. / wrldwdwil9@gmail.com