[wburg]

Considering that calling a city "global" implies connections between that city and other countries, or on other continents, connections that can span thousands of miles, national borders and language barriers, 90 miles down the street should not be a big problem. The idea should be to make economic connections with the Bay Area as trading partners in a separate but adjacent region, not offering to become a subsidiary of their region.

And, similarly, the idea of a "global city" is based on those interconnections with other nations and regions. Necessary to that effort is the ability to promote Sacramento as a region--which can be difficult when some of our suburbs tend to deny that they have any economic association with us. The economic, industrial and transportation connections of West Sacramento, Roseville, Folsom and Rancho Cordova are part of Sacramento's network too--and potential places for international and inter-regional connections.