People who live in the Railyards are protesting the development's new financing plan and the proposed enhanced infrastructure financing district.
There are currently only two residential buildings in the Railyards: The A.J. Apartments and the Wong Senior Center. Both include affordable housing.
Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum is chair of the Railyards Public Financing Authority.
Sacramento Republic FC's proposed soccer stadium is the highest-profile building that would be impacted by the loss of city financing.
Pam Freemon is one of the residents who signed the protest.
A Sacramento city spokesperson said the clerk's office is verifying the signatures to see how many were submitted and whether the formation of this railyards district must be stopped.
Sacramento city councilmember Lisa Kaplan pointed to another possible major downtown project that could be threatened in this railyards roadblock—the new Kaiser hospital.
In a statement to CBS Sacramento, Kaiser said its plans are not impacted.
Wilton Rancheria responds
Wilton Rancheria, the majority owner of the Republic FC, also issued a terse statement about the Railyards financing deal now in flux. "Let's call this what it is: an attempt to strong-arm a sovereign Tribal Nation that will result in the loss of a major economic driver and the stadium that Sacramento has waited over a decade for," Wilton Rancheria said. The tribe, which owns the Sky River Casino in Elk Grove, could build its soccer stadium on land it owns there instead. "This is, it's not right," Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen said. "What's happening at the 11th hour?" Singh-Allen said she supports the tribe's efforts to build in the Railyards first, and would support a stadium in Elk Grove if the Railyards financing deal does collapse."And should they need our assistance, for a soccer stadium or any other project, we are here to be not only friends but also partners," Singh-Allen said.
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