Remarks by Linda Budge

1. Play at 1:20:31

   “Micah, can I interrupt with one important thing? We used to do facade rebates.”

   City Council · Jul 28, 2026

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2. Play at 1:20:41

   “Do we? Okay, that's good. Those were, I know you all, David will remember, the county told us we couldn't apply for any more facade rebates at the chamber because we'd used all their money.”

   City Council · Jul 28, 2026

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3. Play at 1:21:43

   “But that was why we had to keep changing the county code. Because first of all, we had to say, oh, well, you need to have landscaping. And then we had to say, guess what? It had to be live. And guess what? You had to irrigate it. et cetera, et cetera. And it was just an evolution to get people to clean up the fronts of their storefronts. I mean, Folsom Boulevard was never a handsome place. And we did not have the kinds of really nice buildings with bones that you see on Del Paso Boulevard or City of Elk Grove, Old Town Elk Grove, something like that. We just had basic concrete structures. And…”

   City Council · Jul 28, 2026

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4. Play at 1:22:40

   “And a gas station on every corner and a motel on every other corner.”

   City Council · Jul 28, 2026

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5. Play at 1:23:36

   “I actually have a framework for that. But it was all based on signage. Not just Folsom Boulevard, but Bradshaw and Sunrise. You needed use permits for freestanding signage.”

   City Council · Jul 28, 2026

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