Post by Logan on Feb 10, 2016 6:10:37 GMT -6
Gov. Jerry Brown’s downtown renovation plan includes the possible tear-down of part of the state Capitol, officials said Tuesday, as the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal analyst raised concerns with the administration’s overall building proposal.
The Capitol Annex, which extends east from the historic Capitol rotunda, houses Brown’s office as well as those of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, rank-and-file lawmakers, and some legislative committees.
Built between 1949 and 1951, the six-story building’s systems increasingly are out of date even as the numbers of tourists, committee witnesses and other Capitol visitors continue to increase. That prompted officials to include the annex in the administration’s $1.5 billion building upgrade proposal included in his spending plan released last month, even though the annex was not part of a state assessment last year of millions of square feet of office space.
It became clear Tuesday in a report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office that replacing and demolishing the Capitol Annex is among the options on the table pending discussions between the administration and the Legislature, the building’s main tenant.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article59434474.html
The Capitol Annex, which extends east from the historic Capitol rotunda, houses Brown’s office as well as those of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, rank-and-file lawmakers, and some legislative committees.
Built between 1949 and 1951, the six-story building’s systems increasingly are out of date even as the numbers of tourists, committee witnesses and other Capitol visitors continue to increase. That prompted officials to include the annex in the administration’s $1.5 billion building upgrade proposal included in his spending plan released last month, even though the annex was not part of a state assessment last year of millions of square feet of office space.
It became clear Tuesday in a report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office that replacing and demolishing the Capitol Annex is among the options on the table pending discussions between the administration and the Legislature, the building’s main tenant.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article59434474.html