Sacramento to swear in women-majority City Council on Tuesday

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — The three women elected to the Sacramento City Council will be sworn in Tuesday evening, creating a majority-women city council.

Voters elected Lisa Kaplan, Karina Talamentes and Caity Maple to represent Districts 1, 3 and 5, respectively. They will join Council members Katie Valenzuela, District 4, and Mai Vang, District 8.

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Their addition to the city council makes it the second time in Sacramento’s history that there was a majority-female council.

The first time it happened was in 1989.

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