"If you don't give them something to do, they're going to find something to do," said Jackie Rose of the Rose Family Creative Empowerment Center.
"It interrupts what young people might do, they might change their mind and come over here to a pop up instead of hanging out with folks that they shouldn't be with" Other pop-ups include a bowling night, a trip to the Imaginarium light show at Cal Expo, and a summer basketball league. The events take place when youth are most at risk — on weekends and during the holiday and summer seasons when they are out of school.
"These are 45 less kids out on the streets doing something they're not supposed to be doing," he added.
It's raising hope events like these are making a difference.
Money for more of these pop-ups will soon come from the City of Sacramento's Measure L children's fund, which is a tax on cannabis sales passed by voters in 2022.
Measure L is projected to generate about $9 million a year and will also fund other programs that help youth impacted by poverty, violence, and trauma.
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