Crime is down. Neighborhoods are thriving.

But chaos in Sacramento threatens California's cities.

Video coverage of the 2010 event is produced by CityTV and can be watched on Time Warner/Verizon channel 31 and on the web. The program will be shown starting February 14 and run on Sundays and Thursdays at 12:00 a.m./p.m. and 7:30 a.m./p.m. through March 4.

In his remarks during the Lakewood State of the City program, Mayor Todd Rogers noted the achievements of 2009 and the forecast of what 2010 may bring.

“We will build on what we achieved in 2009,” Mayor Rogers said, “in public safety, in community development, in business development, in recreation, and the environment.”

And the mayor highlighted serious challenges in the year ahead from decisions at the state level that may increase neighborhood crime, take local revenues from city programs, and strip the city of authority to plan its future development.

Captain Christy Guyovich presented the state of Lakewood’s law enforcement. She noted that serious crime in Lakewood declined nearly 2 percent in the first 11 months of the year from levels in 2008 that were already low. All forms of property crime dropped nearly four percent. Robberies dropped nearly 29 percent.

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