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Innovation and Economic Development

Nighttime Economy

Innovation and Economic Development

Nighttime Economy

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The Office of Nighttime Economy serves as a liaison for the nightlife industry, community, and City agencies. Our goal is to help ensure a safe, vibrant, and well-managed social economy and nightlife in Sacramento. Nightlife is vital to the city's economy, culture, and identity, supporting jobs and generating revenue. The nightlife has become an important incubator of cultural movements and provides spaces for connection, creativity, and personal expression.

The Office of Nighttime Economy coordinates City services and programs to promote responsible growth, diversity, creativity, inclusion, and quality of life for all Sacramento residents and visitors. This webpage intends to act as a resource and provide information for nightlife and hospitality business operators, workers, performers, patrons, and residents to navigate city services better.

The creation of the Office of Nighttime Economy highlights Sacramento’s position as a leader in a growing movement of more than 60 major cities around the world working to manage life at night proactively. These efforts have resulted in social benefits such as reductions in crime and noise complaints, and healthier, more productive nighttime economies.

About us

The Office of Nighttime Economy works to develop and coordinate solutions to support the nighttime and sociable economy, culture, and quality of life. As residents and visitors spend more time enjoying Sacramento’s growing nightlife and entertainment options, the City of Sacramento created a new position to serve as a coordinator, collaborator, mediator, policy maker, and single point of contact for the nighttime economy. The office oversees and centralizes ongoing efforts from various departments, including:

The Nighttime Economy Manager also works closely with local businesses, residents, and communities to address and resolve issues and further enhance the development of Sacramento’s nighttime economy.

Sociable City Assessment

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The nighttime economy team recently completed an assessment of Sacramento's nightlife economy. The assessment is an in-depth analysis of Sacramento's social economy, identifying strengths, challenges, and opportunities. The Office of Nighttime Economy uses its findings and recommendations to identify priorities to develop and implement a strategic plan for a safe, vibrant, well-managed social economy.

On Nov. 29, 2023, the Sacramento Sociable City Summit was held to gather community stakeholders who were integral in providing information that helped inform the assessment, review the report findings, and discuss the next steps toward plan implementation.

Summit highlights include:

It marked the 27th meeting, the 17th on-site, to identify strengths, challenges, and action change.
35 community members participated from a cross-section, including local business ownership and management, PBIDs, law enforcement, economic development, transportation, code compliance, and more.

2023 Sociable City Assessment

Explore the findings and recommendations

2025 Sociable City Summit Sacramento

The City of Sacramento Office of Nighttime Economy is partnering with the Responsibility Hospitality Institute to host the Sociable City Academy and Summit in Sacramento Wednesday, May 7 through Friday, May 9, 2025. This event will be an opportunity to showcase California and highlight the Sacramento region.

Hundreds of global experts in the nighttime economy will gather to collaborate on governance and management strategies. The summit connects a diverse network of leaders as they learn and share information on managing and creating safe and vibrant social and nighttime economies. Summit attendees include local government staff from economic development, planning, police, fire, code compliance, and attorney’s office as well as representatives from property-based improvement districts (PBIDs) and hospitality alliances and business operators.

Learn more about the Summit and how you can participate!

Training and Resources

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The Office of Nightime Economy offers training and education programs to help hospitality businesses and entertainment venues operate safely.

Staff information

Tina Lee-Vogt leads the Office of Nighttime Economy and was appointed the City’s first Nighttime Economy Manager in September 2022. Tina has managed the City’s Entertainment Permit Program since 2009, which included reviewing, approving, issuing, and administering permits to citywide businesses. In addition to leading an inter-departmental team that addresses and resolves entertainment and nightlife-related issues, she collaborated with the Police and Fire departments to offer the “Pubs, Clubs, and Bars” quarterly training for local businesses. With over 30 years of City service, she worked in various departments, including Police, Neighborhood Services, and Finance. She is also a board member of Nitecap, a nighttime economy, culture, and policy alliance. John Adair joined the Office of Nighttime Economy in late 2023 as an Administrative Analyst.