SACRAMENTO — Union and community leaders rallied Wednesday at Cesar Chavez Plaza against a plan to give $92 million of Sacramento taxpayer funds to the downtown railyards and proposed soccer stadium development.

Opponents of the plan argue that the deal would offer too little in return and are calling on the city to "Stop the Railyards Ripoff."

The Sacramento City Council is scheduled to vote on the railyards deal on June 10, with the funds to be provided to private developers.

A press conference opposing the plan was organized by the hotel and stadium workers' union Unite Here Local 49, the Sacramento Central Labor Council, SEIU USWW, and Sacramento Investment Without Displacement.

"By tradition, just like the [Golden 1 Center], you know, those are good union jobs inside. They

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