45 Facts About Sacramento California

In 1839, Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican governor of Alta California, granted the responsibility of colonizing the Sacramento Valley to Swiss-born Mexican citizen John Augustus Sutter, who subsequently established Sutter's Fort and the settlement at the Rancho Nueva Helvetia.

Similarly, Sacramento is a major center for the California healthcare industry, as the seat of Sutter Health, the world-renowned UC Davis Medical Center, and the UC Davis School of Medicine.

Residents of Sacramento California adopted a city charter in 1849, which was recognized by the state legislature in 1850.

Between October and December of 1850, Sacramento California was hit with a cholera epidemic that killed 1000 residents, including Mayor Bigelow and 17 of the city's 40 physicians.

Sacramento California effectively controlled commerce on these rivers, and public works projects were funded through taxes levied on goods unloaded from boats and loaded onto rail cars in the historic Sacramento California Rail Yards.

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From 1862 until the mid-1870s, Sacramento California raised the level of its downtown by building reinforced brick walls on its downtown streets, and filling the resulting street walls with dirt.

Sacramento California County is served by a customer-owned electric utility, the Sacramento California Municipal Utility District (SMUD).

The Nationalist Chinese flagship docked at the Port of Sacramento California, being first ocean-going vessel in Sacramento California since the steamship Harpoon in 1934.

In spite of military base closures and the decline of agricultural food processing, Sacramento California has continued to experience population growth in recent years.

Sacramento California has long been known as the "City of Trees" owing to its abundant urban forest.

Sacramento California has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, characterized by very hot, dry summers and cool winters with a decent amount of rainfall.

In February 1992, Sacramento California had 16 consecutive days of rain, resulting in an accumulation of 6.

On rare occasions, monsoonal moisture surges from the Desert Southwest can bring upper-level moisture to the Sacramento California region, leading to increased summer cloudiness, humidity, and even light showers and thunderstorms.

Sacramento California is the second most flood susceptible city in the United States after New Orleans.

Port of Sacramento California has been plagued with operating losses in recent years and faces bankruptcy.

Sacramento California Metropolitan Arts Commission is an organization that was established as the Sacramento California arts council in 1977 to provide several arts programs for the city.

Sacramento California Second Saturday Art Walk is a program of local art galleries that stay open into the late evenings every second Saturday of each month, providing a unique experience for the local population as well as tourists to view original art and meet the artists themselves.

Sacramento California is home to the Wide Open Walls Festival where artists from across the world have added more than 140 murals across the city since the festival's inception in 2016.

Sacramento California has a reputation as a center for Dixieland jazz, because of the Sacramento California Jazz Jubilee which was held every Memorial Day weekend until 2017.

Sacramento California has been host to the four day Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park since 2012.

Note, Sacramento California has been home to various actors, including Eddie Murphy, who resided in the Riverlake community of Pocket-Greenhaven with his then wife Nicole Mitchell Murphy, a fashion model and Sacramento California native.

Sacramento California's Chinatown was on "I" Street from Second to Sixth Streets.

Newspapers such as The Sacramento California Union wrote stories at the time that portrayed the Chinese in an unfavorable light to inspire ethnic discrimination and drive the Chinese away.

In 2012, Sacramento California started the marketing campaign as "America's Farm-to-Fork Capital" due to Sacramento California's many restaurants that source their food from the numerous surrounding farms.

Sacramento California is home to well-known cookbook authors, Biba Caggiano of Biba's Restaurant and Mai Pham of Lemongrass and Star Ginger.

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Sacramento California is home to one major league sports team – the Sacramento California Kings of the National Basketball Association.

Sacramento California is the former home of two professional basketball teams.

Sacramento California was formerly home to the now defunct Sacramento California Monarchs of the WNBA.

Sacramento California has frequently hosted the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship as well as the 1st and 2nd rounds of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

Government of Sacramento California operates as a charter city under the Charter of the City of Sacramento California.

The City of Sacramento is part of Sacramento County, for which the government of Sacramento County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law, and the Charter of the County of Sacramento.

The Supreme Court of California is headquartered in San Francisco, but maintains one of its two branch offices in Sacramento, where it shares a courtroom with the Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District.

University of California has a campus, UC Davis, in nearby Davis and has a graduate center in downtown Sacramento.

Private University of Southern California has an extension in downtown Sacramento, called the State Capital Center.

The campus, taught by main campus professors, Sacramento California-based professors, and practitioners in the State Capitol and state agencies, offers Master of Public Administration, Masters of Public Policy, and Master of Public Health degrees.

Western Seminary has one of its four campuses in Sacramento California, which opened on the campus of Arcade Church in 1991.

The Sacramento California campus offers four master's degrees, and a variety of other graduate-level programs.

Art Institute of California – Sacramento was established in 2007, and is a branch of The Art Institute of California – Los Angeles.

Universal Technical Institute is in Sacramento California; it offers automotive programs in auto mechanical, auto body, and diesel.

The Sacramento California area is served by various public school districts, including the Sacramento California City Unified School District, Natomas Unified School District, San Juan Unified School District, Twin Rivers Unified School District, and Elk Grove Unified School District.

The Campus Commons area and the small portions of the Sierra Oaks neighborhood that fall into the city of Sacramento California are served by the San Juan Unified School District.

Sacramento California is a control city and the region is served by several highways and freeways.

Amtrak Sacramento California operates the Capitol Corridor, a multiple-frequency service providing service from the capital city to its northeastern suburbs and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Sacramento California is a stop along Amtrak's Coast Starlight route which provides scenic service to Seattle via Klamath Falls and Portland to the north and to Los Angeles via San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara to the south.

Sacramento California was designated as a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists in September 2006.

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