On November 8, 2016, Steve Ly became the second one directly elected mayor following Gary Davis. The remaining four positions on the city council are elected by districts to four-year terms. Prior to 2012, the mayor's position was a one-year term and was chosen by the city council. Īdditional local libraries supplement neighborhoods, such as the public Franklin High Library.īeginning in 2012, voters elect the mayor for a two-year term.

The Elk Grove Library also serves neighboring communities such as Vineyard, Wilton, Sloughhouse, and Rancho Murieta. The library is part of the broader Sacramento Public Library system. It moved to this location in 2008 from its old building one block east. The Elk Grove Public Library is located at 8900 Elk Grove Boulevard in a modern two-story building. Summers are moderated by a cool Pacific Ocean breeze also known as the 'delta breeze' which comes through the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta from the San Francisco Bay. In 2013, California Northstate University College of Pharmacy, which offers a Doctor of Pharmacy degree program, relocated to Elk Grove (near Interstate 5).Įlk Grove is 5 – 10 miles south of the state capital in Sacramento and experiences a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa) with hot summers and cool winters. Elk Grove is also the home of the private six-year Universalist college Quest Seminary. Located nearby are California State University, Sacramento and the University of California, Davis. A local community college, Cosumnes River College, offers both career training and a transfer program to four-year universities, such as the CSU system and UC system across the state of California. There are also several private schools in town. Those students attend 40 elementary schools, 9 middle schools, 9 high schools and 7 alternative high schools. For the 2002–03 school year, the district served more than 52,500 students, and grew to 62,767 students in the 2016–2017 school year. Located in southern Sacramento County, the district covers 320 square miles (830 km 2), one-third of the county. It also consistently ranks among the top school districts in the state. The Elk Grove Unified School District is the fifth largest school district in California and one of the fastest growing school districts in the nation. Demographics Historical populationĮlk Grove residents boasts the 2nd highest household median income in the Sacramento region at $112,737. In 2008, Elk Grove suffered heavily from the subprime mortgage crisis due to its suburban nature. In 2018, Apple invested $4.2 million into expanding the office space, expanding its already established AppleCare support presence in the region. After many of those tasks were offshored in 2004, the facility was converted into the modern Apple Elk Grove campus. manufactured its iMac line in Elk Grove as late as 2002. The city's growth peaked in 20, when Elk Grove was declared the fastest growing city in the US. On July 1, 2000, Elk Grove incorporated as a city. Such changes triggered a period of rapid growth. These were meant to serve Sacramento's population, as well as San Francisco commuters seeking a commuting community relatively near the San Francisco Bay Area where they could reside. In the late 1980s, suburban development projects began to spring up around the community, specifically in the north near Sacramento. In the following decades, Elk Grove remained a small farming community with little urban development. At this new location another hotel was built to accommodate travelers and was named the Elk Grove Hotel. In 1868 the Western Division of the Central Pacific Railroad came through about a mile east of Elk Grove. The air was like champagne, and (the Spaniards) drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them.' Įlk Grove was founded in 1850 as a stage stop for travelers coming from Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, when the Elk Grove Hotel and Stage Stop was opened by James Hall and the town was named after it. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths. 'Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. A writer on Moraga's expedition wrote of the region: Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga entered the region in 1808, naming the valley 'Sacramento Valley' in honor of Sacramento, the Holy Sacrament in Spanish, giving the northerly city of Sacramento its name.

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