California Groundbreakers

According to Realtor. com, Sacramento is #7 of the Top 10 U.S. cities that are gentrifying the fastest in 2017. And while our median home price increase during 2000-2015 has more than doubled (from $127,500 to $255,000) we're only 26.5 percent gentrified. Sacramento is also on Top 10 Lists of most diverse cities. How can we gentrify our city and still keep the neighborhoods diversified in age, race and income? That's the topic of Part 3 of our four-part panel series, "California's Crazy Housing Market," held in Ground Zero of gentrification in Sacramento today - Oak Park. PANELISTS * William Burg, Sacramento historian and author -- his latest book is "Midtown Sacramento: Creative Soul of the City" * Tom Karvonen, co-owner of Oak Park Brewing * Barbara Range, owner and curator of the Brickhouse Art Gallery in Oak Park * Tracy Stigler, president of St. Hope Development Company * Katie Valenzuela Garcia, president of the Oak Park Neighborhood Association, and co-facilitator for the Sacramento Neighborh