SACRAMENTO — Traffic safety advocates say the growing number of people being killed in crashes on Sacramento streets is a public health crisis. On Tuesday, a committee of Sacramento city leaders unanimously approved declaring a state of emergency to help make immediate changes. Julie Berrey is a bicyclist familiar with the dangers on city streets.

A proposal to declare a state of emergency over pedestrian and cyclist deaths in Sacramento is moving forward.

On Tuesday, a committee of city leaders unanimously voted for city staff to start working on a report to present to the council.

The full Sacramento City Council will now have to review the vote and pass it at a future meeting for it to go into effect.

An emergency declaration in response to the number of pedestrian and bicyclist deaths on Sacramento streets cleared another hurdle and is being prepped for City Council. The city's Law and Legislation Committee voted to move the proposed emergency declaration forward Tuesday.