SACRAMENTO – Neighbors are demanding change in Sacramento's public housing complexes that have been the scene of multiple murders and shootings over the last few years.
Wednesday night, concerned neighbors packed the housing authority's board meeting to vent frustration over violent crime.
"You've got innocent people getting shot," said Land Park resident Geraldo Felix. "Bullets don't got names."
"Kids are dying left and right," said Kenneth Duncan, the CEO of Ball Out Academy.
Neighbors took their complaints directly to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency's board of directors, which operates two large complexes in the Upper Land Park neighborhood.
"No more SHRA residents should die on your site," said Kristina Rogers with the Land Park Neighborhood Association.
"This is the least safest place to live," said Brook Miller-Jacobs, a Land Park resident.
Miller-Jacobs says a stray bullet from a double-shooting last month hit her teenage daughter's bedroom window.
Two weeks later a man was shot and killed.
"I think people want to do something, they just don't know what to do," Miller-Jacobs said.
So what's being done to improve safety in Sacramento's public housing complexes?
SHRA is unveiling a series of security proposals, including installing mobile camera pods, license plate readers, new fences, and using a surveillance drone. But they say those measures could cost more than $100,000 a year.
"We've been regularly applying through the Department of Housing and Urban Development for their emergency safety and security grant," said Mark Hamilton with SHRA.
Neighbors want immediate action before any more lives are lost.
"Time and time again we stand up here and we beg you guys to do something that you should have done decades ago," said Marcheri Smith, a public housing resident.
But board members say they need more time to form a committee and study the security issues.
"I think we're all expressing a commitment to find the right path forward," said SHRA board member Andrés Ramos.
Many neighbors also called on SHRA to begin sharing security camera video with the police department in real time. Currently, they require police to get a warrant.
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