Editing West Sacramento, California (section)

== Businesses ==

=== TV stations ===
West Sacramento is home to Sacramento-area [[CBS]] television station [[KOVR]] (channel 13) and [[independent station]] [[KMAX-TV]] (channel 31). Both stations, owned and operated by [[CBS News and Stations|CBS]], are housed on KOVR Drive.

=== Newspapers ===
The ''News-Ledger'' and the West Sacramento Sun are weekly, printed newspapers that serve West Sacramento. [[The Sacramento Bee]] has the largest circulation and readership in the city.

=== Sports ===

[[Sutter Health Park]] is the home of [[Sacramento River Cats]], and is also the temporary home of the [[Athletics (baseball)|Athletics]] of [[Major League Baseball]] before they [[Oakland Athletics relocation to Las Vegas|relocate]] to [[Las Vegas]], Nevada. It was the home of the former [[Sacramento Mountain Lions]] in the defunct [[United Football League (2009–2012)|United Football League]].

West Sacramento is also the home city for the [[Sacramento Gold (NPSL)|Sacramento Gold]] team of the [[National Premier Soccer League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacramentogoldfc.net/|title=Sacramento Gold FC|website=sacramentogoldfc|language=en|access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref>

=== California Highway Patrol ===
West Sacramento is the home of the [[California Highway Patrol]] Academy,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.chp.ca.gov/recruiting/academybrochure.html | title = California Highway Patrol Academy | publisher = California Highway Patrol (chp.ca.gov) | access-date = September 17, 2014}}</ref> and the CHP Museum is housed on the same grounds.<ref>{{citation | url = http://matchpro.org/Archives/2004/chp.pdf | title = California Highway Patrol | first = Mike | last = Prero | date = September 2004 | quote = Senate Bill 2147 sponsored by State Senator Jack O'Connell gives Commissioner Dwight O. "Spike" Helmick the authorization to plan and construct a California Highway Patrol Museum on the Department's Academy grounds in West Sacramento. The bill requires the construction to be funded entirely with private contributions with the exception of eligible federal funds.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = California Highway Patrol | url = http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9780738556208/California-Highway-Patrol | publisher = Arcadia Publishing | year = 2008 | quote = ...and the California Highway Patrol museum located at the CHP Academy in Sacramento...}}</ref>

In 2007–2008 there were efforts to move the California Highway Patrol official headquarters from [[Sacramento]] (in [[Sacramento County]]) to West Sacramento (in [[Yolo County]]),<ref>{{cite news | title = New CHP HQ takes U-turn | date = May 11, 2008 | first = Michael | last = Shaw | work = Sacramento Business Journal | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/05/12/story3.html}}</ref> but these were ultimately unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news | title = CHP signs lease for HQ off Richards Boulevard | date = June 27, 2008 | first = Kelly | last = Johnson | work = Sacramento Business Journal | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/06/23/daily55.html}}</ref>

[[File:West Sacramento, CA, Riverbank Stabilization, 2006 - panoramio (1).jpg|thumb|[[Sacramento River]] bank stabilization project in the city (2006).]]
[[File:West Sacramento setback levee construction (6131507398).jpg|thumb|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Central Valley Flood Protection Board joint effort to upgrade Sacramento River [[levee]]s in West Sacramento (2011).]]
[[File:West Sacramento setback levee construction (6131507898).jpg|thumb|Crews construct the new setback levee along South River Road in West Sacramento (2011).]]
[[File:Corps completes new paved setback levee in West Sacramento (14963245344).jpg|thumb|Corps completes new paved setback levee in West Sacramento (2014).]]
[[File:West Sacramento levee road now open (16883475616).jpg|thumb|Completed setback levee, now functioning as South River Road in West Sacramento (2015).]]

=== Education ===
====Washington Unified School District====
Public schools and programs operated by the [[Washington Unified School District]] currently include:

Elementary schools
* Bridgeway Island<ref>[http://bridgeway.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Bridgeway Island]</ref>
* Elkhorn<ref>[http://elkhorn.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Elkhorn Elementary School]</ref>
* Riverbank<ref>[http://riverbank.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Riverbank Elementary School]</ref>
* Southport<ref>[http://southport.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Southport Elementary School]</ref>
* Stonegate<ref>[http://stonegate.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Stonegate Elementary School]</ref>
* Westfield<ref>[http://westfield.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Westfield Elementary School]</ref>
* Westmore Oaks<ref>[http://westfield.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Westmore Oaks Elementary School]</ref>

High schools
* River City High School<ref>[http://rivercity.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Washington Unified School District: River City High School]</ref>

Alternative programs
* Independent Study<ref>[http://is.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Washington Unified School District: Independent Study]</ref>
* Preschool programs<ref>[http://preschool.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Washington Unified School District: Preschool Programs]</ref>
* Washington Adult School<ref>[http://yolo.wusd.k12.ca.us/adulteducation Washington Unified School District: Washington Adult School]</ref>
* Yolo Education Center<ref>[http://yolo.wusd.k12.ca.us/ Washington Unified School District: Yolo Education Center]</ref>
* Bryte Career and College Training<ref>[http://www.wusd.k12.ca.us/departments/cte/Pages/default.aspx Washington Unified School District: Bryte Career and College Training]</ref>

Charter schools
* Washington Middle College High School

====Independent / private schools====
* Sacramento Valley Charter School<ref>[http://www.sacvalleycharter.org/ Sacramento Valley Charter School]</ref>
* Heritage Peak Charter School<ref>[http://www.pacificcharters.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?type=d&uREC_ID=165768&pREC_ID=347715 Heritage Peak Charter School]</ref>
* Our Lady of Grace, WestSac<ref>[http://olgwestsac.com/ Our Lady of Grace, WestSac]</ref>
* Lighthouse Charter School<ref>[http://www.lighthousecharterschool.org/ Lighthouse Charter School]</ref>

====Colleges====
* [[Sacramento City College]], WestSac Center<ref>[http://www.scc.losrios.edu/westsaccenter/ Sacramento City College, WestSac Center]</ref>

In 2017, West Sacramento launched the West Sacramento Home Run, an education initiative offering universal preschool, college savings accounts for preschool graduates enrolled in the Washington Unified School District, internship opportunities with local businesses/organizations and free first year of college tuition for all West Sacramento high school graduates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofwestsacramento.org/residents/west-sacramento-home-run|title=West Sacramento Home Run{{!}} City of West Sacramento|website=www.cityofwestsacramento.org|access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref>

=== Other businesses ===
[[Raley's]], a major grocery store chain in Northern and Central California, has its corporate headquarters in West Sacramento.

The California State Teachers Retirement System pension fund [[CalSTRS]] is based in West Sacramento and its headquarters tower on the riverfront is the city's tallest building.

In 2011, mayor Christopher Cabaldon launched an initiative to develop the city as a global food hub and center of food innovation, and several major international companies in the sector made West Sacramento their US or North American headquarters and manufacturing/research centers, including [[Nihon Shokken|Nippon Shokken]], Shinmei Foods, [[Tomra|TOMRA]], and [[Bayer Crop Science]].<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article2590113.html | title=West Sacramento setting the table as a major food industry hub| newspaper=The Sacramento Bee}}</ref>

=== Top employers ===
According to the city's 2015 "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report," the top employers in the city are:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[California Department of General Services|State of California, General Services]]
|1,960
|-
| 2
|[[United States Postal Service]]
|1,605
|-
| 3
|[[California State Teachers' Retirement System]]
|1,215
|-
| 4
|[[United Parcel Service]] (UPS)
|1,182
|-
| 5
|[[Xerox]] Healthcare 
|900
|-
| 6
|Washington Unified School District
|750
|-
| 7
|[[Raley's Supermarkets|Raley's/Bel Air]]
|634
|-
| 8
|Tony's Fine Foods/[[United Natural Foods]] 
|500
|-
| 9
|Nor-Cal Beverage
|500
|-
| 10
|Clark Pacific
|439
|-
| 11
|[[Aetna]] Healthcare
|400
|-
| 12
|[[ABM Janitorial]]
|400
|-
| 13
|[[Hunter Douglas]]/Bytheways Inc.
|400
|-
| 14
|[[Walmart]]
|391
|-
| 15
|City of West Sacramento
|362
|-
| 16
|[[Siemens Healthineers|Siemens Healthcare]] Diagnostics
|286
|-
|17
|[[IKEA]]
|256
|-
|18
|Farmers' Rice Cooperative
|250
|-
|19
|[[KOVR]] TV 13
|231
|-
|20
|[[Idexx Laboratories|Idexx]] Veterinary Services
|171
|-
|21
|[[Target Corporation|Target]]
|150
|-
|22
|[[The Home Depot]]
|103
|-
|23
|[[Lowe's Home Improvement]]
|100
|-
|}