The Key to the City program was established in 2013 as a symbolic gesture of appreciation to honor outstanding contributions of notable Elk Grove natives and residents.

Recipients of the Key to the City

• Roy Herberger
• Donald Ralph
• Mathilde Mukantabana
• Karissa Trinchera
• Bertha Weber Kraus
• Kyle Larson
• Assemblymember Jim Cooper
• Lance Briggs
• Josephine Finley Prince
• Elizabeth Pinkerton
• Ann Pinto
• Leo Fassler
  
• Jamie Whitmore
• Joey Hand
• Joseph Sieber
• Chalmers Gage
• Lydia Christina (Adam) Wacker
• Emma Virginia Fife
• Samuel Rinelli
• Maureen Gertrude Gabriel