Darrell Steinberg (Democratic) has been Mayor of Sacramento since 13 Dec 2016. The unemployment rate stood at 5.4% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.6 percentage points higher than when Darrell Steinberg took office in December 2016; California's moved −0.3 percentage points over the same months. Sacramento ranks 26th of 73 cities on GDP per person; on the fall in homelessness it is 51st of 59. The violent crime rate moved −46 per 100,000 in Sacramento against −36 per 100,000 for California. Under Kevin Johnson (2008 to 2016) the unemployment rate fell 5.0 percentage points. Typical rent is up 68.3% since day zero (5.4% a year).
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