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 Doug Covill  Monday, December 12th, 2011  Five goals – some specific, some far-reaching – have guided the leaders and staff of SAR this year as we all work to serve you, our Members. As you read through this brief review, you will see that we have accomplished a lot this year.
- Improve Communications
- Develop a Green Program
- Establish a 501 (c) 3 Foundation
- Increase Diversity in Participation and in the Leadership
- Continue Focusing on SAR as a Progressive, Evolving Organization
SAR’s new charitable foundation will be fully up and running in 2012. Kathy Fox led the task force and Charlene Singley now chairs the Foundation board. Kathy continues to serve as vice-chair.
SAR continues to be recognized for its charitable contributions. Allison Couchman and Jenifer Miller led the Community Outreach Committee. With fewer dollars to distribute, committee members shifted their efforts to developing relationships with the charities SAR Members support. Watch this newsletter every month to learn about the charities and how you can volunteer.
The CanTree Committee under Ilah Turner and Bobby Campbell put on the Crab Fest and Sip & Support and has just finished building two Can Trees. Twenty nine years and going strong! Thanks to their efforts, SAR has given more than $2 million to the Salvation Army.
Led by Sandi Burden-Bradley and Ted Williams, the Equal Opportunity Committee organized a highly successful Multi Chamber Mixer, with the numerous ethnic chambers of commerce in the Sacramento area. They also worked on strengthening our relationship with the Asian Real Estate Association of American, Realtists and the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.
Continue reading: President’s Perspective – December 2011
Nelson Janes Thursday, May 19th, 2011
 Since 1895, Metro Chamber volunteers have worked to improve the economy and enhance the quality of life in the greater Sacramento region. The annual Cap-to-Cap program is one of many Metro Chamber activities that brings the region’s business, labor and government leaders together to build consensus for important regional priorities.
Cap-to-Cap is an ongoing [...]
Nelson Janes Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Since you sell communities when you help consumers buy and sell homes, it’s good to note that Sacramento has been ranked one of the top cities in America for its quality of life by Money magazine and Sperling’s.
The city’s rich historical heritage, commitment to quality of life and abundance of trees and parkland contributed to Newsweek magazine’s naming Sacramento one of the ten best cities in the United States.
We’re lucky to live here with the many opportunities we have to enjoy the outdoors and entertainment including myriad museums, galleries, historical attractions and theatres. Seasonal festivals can be found every weekend throughout the year. Farmers markets are sprinkled throughout the area. The wine growing regions of nearby Sierra Foothills offer wine tastings and other travel opportunities.
Newcomers continue to arrive seeking opportunity, sunshine and lower housing costs than found in coastal California.
Downtown and Midtown are seeing a resurgence of fine restaurants, entertainment venues, galleries and unique watering holes.
There are many great colleges and universities in and around Sacramento as well.
Over the years, high-tech companies have moved here, and now their output places Sacramento at 21st out of 100 other metro areas.
Continue reading: EVP Exchange-February 2011
Nelson Janes Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Starting in 2011, C.A.R. will be adding a $49 assessment to dues billings. Reprinted here is the information that C.A.R. has posted on their website.
Q. What is the new REALTOR® Action Assessment and when will it become effective?
A. It’s a $49 assessment that will go into effect with the 2011 dues billing cycle.
Q. How will the assessment appear on the dues billing statement?
A. C.A.R. is working on a revised dues billing statement for 2011 for those members billed directly by C.A.R. and for those Associations who use the C.A.R.-produced billing statement.
Q. Is this assessment mandatory?
A. Yes. A member may decide to satisfy the assessment in one of two ways: (1) By either making a voluntary contribution to the State REALTOR® Action Fund, which will be put into C.A.R.’s political action committees [California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) and/or the California Real Estate Independent Expenditures Committee (CREIEC)], or be used for other political activities, or (2) by opting to send the funds to the C.A.R. general fund for political purposes.
Q. Why was the assessment needed?
A. Whether it’s the legislature looking to tap REALTORS®, the transaction, or our industry for additional sources of funding, placing restrictions on private property rights or on our right to conduct business, organized real estate must be continually vigilant in Sacramento to ensure that our interests are fairly represented.
This is even truer in today’s fiscal environment, with politicians searching for every available means to cut the state’s ballooning deficits and produce a balanced budget. C.A.R.’s opponents — the trial lawyers, for example — spend millions of dollars every year to fund candidates and legislators who support legislation creating additional liability for our members, increasing the likelihood of litigation and making it more difficult and more costly to be in business.
C.A.R.’s California Real Estate Political Action Committee (CREPAC) used to be in the top 10 of political action committees (PACs) in California. It now ranks 37th, according to a recent study of PAC spending in California. Special interest groups, including many supported by public finances, outspend CREPAC on a regular basis. The political assessment adopted by the C.A.R. Board of directors will help rectify this growing imbalance.
Continue reading: California Association of REALTORS’® Government Relations Assessment
Barbara Harsch Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
 By the time you read this, some 300 Sacramentans, including six representatives from SAR, will have returned from the Metro Chamber’s Cap-to-Cap trip to Washington DC.
The annual Cap-to-Cap program brings the region’s business, labor and government leaders together to build consensus for important regional priorities. Volunteers working on 13 teams will bring the region’s top issues to our nation’s leaders via 90 issue papers and more than 230 appointments with elected leaders, the Obama administration and other agency officials. Cap-to-Cap is the largest local chamber of commerce program of its kind in the nation.
I have a special regard for this effort. In 1943, in the middle of WWII, my father, Otto Rohwer, who was then the president of the Chamber of Commerce, went to Washington DC as part of a regional delegation to lobby Congress – not for more defense contracts – but for appropriations to build the Folsom Dam. Sixty-seven years later, I am serving on the Flood Protection team.
On the Flood Protection team, we worked for 200-year flood protection. Funding is not the only issue; we worked to educate federal agencies on how outdated regulations and policies stand in the way of flood protection and improving regional water supply.
The other Members of our delegation this year were Doug Covill, President-elect; Kathy Fox, Secretary- Treasurer; Nelson Janes, Executive Vice President; Caylyn Brown, Government Affairs Director, and Eric Rasmusson, Government Affairs Consultant. We spread out through the halls of Congress and numerous government agencies, bringing Sacramento’s message.
Continue reading: Building Relationships through Cap-to-Cap
Daniel Allen Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Sacramento Association of REALTORS® is proud to announce that the August 2009 edition of the Newsletter is available here.
 August 2009 SAR Newsletter Continue reading: August 2009 Newsletter
Nelson Janes Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Carefully considered plans are taking shape for SAR in 2010 and beyond.
SAR volunteers gave two days to the Association for a Strategic Planning retreat in late June facilitated by Gar Anderson, NAR’s Vice President for Leadership Development.
Prior to the retreat, the SAR Staff took a day to review the existing plan, noting that all of its goals had been accomplished. They then made recommendations going forward, which were sent to Anderson for his consideration.
The plan features prioritized goals for the Association, with the purpose of providing the programs and services that will keep Members ahead of their industry.
Continue reading: SAR Has a New Strategic Plan
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