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Volunteer income tax filing assistance program (VITA)

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Representative Ami Bera, MD presents a Tax Information Workshop!

  • Learn about new laws and regulations related to the COVID-19 virus for your 2020 taxes
  • Presentations from representatives of the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 
  • Q&A to follow presentations

*Some questions may not be answered due to specific, individual, and private situations

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Want to be a youth commissioner for District 5?

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The Sacramento Youth Commission’s (SYC) mission is to protect, preserve, enhance & advance the quality of life for Sacramento youth by advising the City Council and the public on issues relating to youth policies, programs, & opportunities.

D5 has two vacant seats! Contact our office if you’re a young person between the ages of 14-24, live or go to school in Council District 5, and are interested in representing our community! To apply, click here: https://boards.cityofsacramento.org/board/2943

For more information about the Sacramento Youth Commission (SYC) please email sacyouthcomm@cityofsacramento.org or call (916)808-6172.

Calling all Sacramento artists! City seeks creatives for community murals

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The City’s Office of Arts and Culture is looking for artists to apply to be part of the new Community Murals program which will commission local artists to create community-based murals in each of the City’s eight Council Districts.

Funded by the City’s General Fund, the mural program is part of the City’s “Creative Edge” plan to bring art and culture to Sacramento neighborhoods and communities.

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Warming centers remain open

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The City is offering warming centers at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria (9th & I) and the Southside Park Pool House (6th and U). Vehicles can park safely at the City Hall garage, (10th & I) which will have a portable restroom. Hours are 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.

For volunteering opportunities, please register HERE. 

Volunteer shifts:

SHIFT I: 7:30 PM – 12:00 AM (Intake, registration of guests)

SHIFT II: 12:00 AM – 4:30 AM (Supervision)

SHIFT III: 4:30 AM – 8:30 AM (Prepping for guests to exit and cleaning)

LOCATION: Galleria Library in Sacramento

828 I Street

Sacramento, CA

Volunteers to enter and park thru the alley entrance on J Street.

You MUST register which shift you can work and the day you are working. PLEASE do not show up without registering.