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.
When relief cash flow ceased, unemployed individuals united to form an Unemployed Council to pressure the Sacramento government into increasing relief funds. The city and county failed to meet their demands adequately, leading to large groups of unemployed people storming welfare offices in early and mid-1933. Many of those involved were labeled as communists or socialists and imprisoned on a wide range of charges stemming from the communist scare that gripped the city.