Officers arrested six people participating in a peaceful sit-in demonstration on housing and homelessness Thursday inside the lobby of a California legislative office building in downtown Sacramento.
The demonstration was held inside the lobby of the Capitol Swing Space building on O Street. Offices for state lawmakers and the governor are located in the building.
Members of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment and Camp Resolution in Sacramento participated in Thursday’s demonstration. The protesters demanded that Newsom fund affordable housing at scale, fulfill his promise of building one million affordable homes by 2030 and stop the homeless encampment sweeps “that merely move people from corner to another while causing trauma and harm,” according to a news release from the two groups.