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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mayor [[Heather Fargo]] made several abortive attempts to provide taxpayer financing of a new stadium for the [[Maloof family|Maloof]] brothers, owners of the Kings NBA basketball franchise.
Sacramento has been involved in lengthy litigation as the defendant in lawsuits by disabled activists demanding that all City facilities, especially sidewalks, be made wheelchair accessible. Costs are estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars for these improvements.
In 2003 the City Council required City contractors to pay a "living wage" to all employees. Councilman Robbie Waters voted against the measure: “I predict that many businesses will quit doing business with Sacramento because of increased costs.”
Recently the City Council considered adopting a resolution that would regulate the operations of hospitals in the City. Of the proposed resolution, the Chamber of Commerce said it "vigorously opposed the resolution. A municipal resolution seeking to regulate hospital operations is not only redundant vis-a-vis existing federal and state law, it will likely introduce inconsistent standards to be created, applied and interpreted by persons having no particular knowledge or expertise in health care operations. "
The 1980s and 1990s saw the closure of several local military bases: [[McClellan Air Force Base]], [[Mather Air Force Base]], and Sacramento Army Depot. As a result the U.S. armed forces have no military presence in the city except for recruiting offices.
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