When the relief cash flow was stopped, the county's unemployed united to form an Unemployed Council in attempts to pressure the Sacramentan government to increase relief money. The city and county did not comply sufficiently, and large parties of unemployed stormed the Sacramento welfare offices in early and mid-1933. Many of the unemployed who were involved in such activities were labeled as communist or socialist and jailed on a wide range of charges stemming from the communist scare that had set upon the city.
As relief funds stopped flowing, unemployed individuals formed an Unemployed Council to pressure the Sacramento government for more aid. The city and county did not respond sufficiently, leading to large-scale protests by the unemployed, who were often labeled as communists or socialists and imprisoned on charges related to the communist scare that was sweeping through the city.