Postal Service drops plan to move all Reno mail processing to Sacramento

The United States Postal Service is abandoning plans to move all Reno mail processing to Sacramento following a bipartisan outcry and a federal lawsuit brought by Washoe County.

The Postal Service said Tuesday that outgoing single-piece mail — which is a smaller quantity than bulk mail — would still be processed in Reno instead of Sacramento once oversight of the plan is complete, indicating that bulk mail would still be processed in Sacramento. The agency is also seeking an advisory opinion from its parent agency, the Postal Regulatory Commission, which was the goal of the lawsuit filed by Washoe County prosecutors earlier this year.

The changes mark the latest development in a saga that pitted state lawmakers and election officials against the Postal Service. A bipartisan group of officeholders — including the governor, secretary of state and members of the state’s congressional delegation — expressed concern that the plan to process all Reno mail in Sacramento could have dire implications for medication deliveries and mail ballot processing, given that severe winter weather between the two regions could make it difficult for mail to be delivered timely and efficiently. The Postal Service repeatedly maintained the move would have no impact on mail processing speed.

An agency spokesperson did not immediately respond to a question Tuesday whether medications are considered “single-piece mail.”



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