Post by Logan on Jan 13, 2016 14:35:17 GMT -6
Jerry Brown’s budget plan: $1.5 billion to repair, replace state buildings
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed building two new state office buildings in downtown Sacramento on Thursday, part of a $1.5 billion infrastructure plan that would also remodel a portion of the Capitol.
The plans, part of Brown’s proposed 2016-17 budget, were hailed as a shot in the arm for the central city, which has seen little in the way of new office development in spite of a rejuvenation sparked by construction of Golden 1 Center.
In response to a report on the state’s crumbling office inventory, Brown proposed transferring $1.5 billion from the state’s general fund to a new State Office Infrastructure Fund. First up would be a new $530 million, 650,000-square-foot office building for the Natural Resources Agency.
It would be the first major state office building constructed in the Sacramento area since the CalSTRS headquarters opened in West Sacramento in 2009. Brown did not specify where in downtown the new Resources building would go. Also on tap is a $226 million project to replace a vacant state building on O Street “to better use that existing parcel of state-owned land,” the governor’s budget summary says.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article53574295.html
On a side note, Jerry Brown was seen at a nearby convenience store purchasing Powerball tickets to fund the plan.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed building two new state office buildings in downtown Sacramento on Thursday, part of a $1.5 billion infrastructure plan that would also remodel a portion of the Capitol.
The plans, part of Brown’s proposed 2016-17 budget, were hailed as a shot in the arm for the central city, which has seen little in the way of new office development in spite of a rejuvenation sparked by construction of Golden 1 Center.
In response to a report on the state’s crumbling office inventory, Brown proposed transferring $1.5 billion from the state’s general fund to a new State Office Infrastructure Fund. First up would be a new $530 million, 650,000-square-foot office building for the Natural Resources Agency.
It would be the first major state office building constructed in the Sacramento area since the CalSTRS headquarters opened in West Sacramento in 2009. Brown did not specify where in downtown the new Resources building would go. Also on tap is a $226 million project to replace a vacant state building on O Street “to better use that existing parcel of state-owned land,” the governor’s budget summary says.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article53574295.html
On a side note, Jerry Brown was seen at a nearby convenience store purchasing Powerball tickets to fund the plan.