Abstract
After the housing market crash, the City of Sacramento and its leaders began to plan how to revive and rebuild the city. This process included building a sports arena and that arena would be the center of Sacramento’s economic redevelopment plan. The problem with this plan is that it called for a restructuring of the city. A reconstruction that was beneficial for certain residents of Sacramento and detrimental for other residents. The problem with the restructuring of Sacramento is that the city gentrified areas important to the Black community, made those areas more expensive, and displaced Black families in the process. The problem is that Black communities are at risk of complete erasure as a result of public policy and the effects of gentrification. This paper attempts to trace that displacement.