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Kamaljit Atwal, left, consoles his sister Talvinder Kaur as his wife, Kamaljeet Kaur, looks on during the funeral Saturday for Kamaljit’s father, Gurmej Atwal, one of two Sikh American grandfathers who were shot March 4 during their afternoon stroll in Elk Grove.

Ian Klein, 3, of Elk Grove looks out the window of a helicopter.

Chris Goodwin works on an Elk Grove apartment complex for low-income seniors. Redevelopment agencies once provided key funding for such projects, but are being phased out to help balance the state's budget.

Construction worker Bill Gates frames roofs at an apartment complex for low-income seniors in Elk Grove. Affordable housing advocates say the demise of California's redevelopment agencies will pose challenges for future projects providing low-cost homes, but the problems are not insurmountable.