Front Street Animal Shelter Appreciation
Nearing retirement, she accepted a temporary position at the Front Street Animal Shelter, the city’s animal control agency. The City needed her to clean up the shelter’s business processes before turning over the operating contract to a local nonprofit group.
Knepp wanted to help the animals, but also worried about the 31 staff who would lose their jobs as a result of the new contract. Knepp asked the City of Sacramento to postpone the outsourcing and give her time to turn things around.