Post by Logan on Jun 16, 2016 6:01:02 GMT -6
The new state budget package lawmakers began approving Wednesday gives the project to renovate or replace the aging Capitol annex a special provision designed to speed up judicial review of any environmental lawsuits challenging the work.
The provision mirrors language in a 2013 bill that helped accelerate the construction of a downtown arena for the Sacramento Kings.
Yet the budget pact’s state government trailer bill leaves unanswered one key question about the future of the annex: renovate or replace the six-story building?
Housing the governor, the lieutenant governor, most of the 120 lawmakers, and 1,400 legislative and executive branch staff, the annex is a destination for more than 1.5 million tourists, lobbyists and others per year.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article84015472.html
The provision mirrors language in a 2013 bill that helped accelerate the construction of a downtown arena for the Sacramento Kings.
Yet the budget pact’s state government trailer bill leaves unanswered one key question about the future of the annex: renovate or replace the six-story building?
Housing the governor, the lieutenant governor, most of the 120 lawmakers, and 1,400 legislative and executive branch staff, the annex is a destination for more than 1.5 million tourists, lobbyists and others per year.
Read more here: www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article84015472.html