

California lawmakers are bulldozing ahead with a costly demolition of the East Annex and a plan to block public access to the West Steps and destroy Capitol Park.

Now is not the time to burden taxpayers with a $1.4 billion debt for the next 30 years. It’s time to increase public safety and save the historic West Steps.
“Chair Pacheco’s claim that litigation is to blame for the Capitol Annex Project’s escalating costs is false and misleading. The courts repeatedly found that the Project’s compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) was legally deficient."
Trump’s privately funded White House expansion has sparked outrage among his critics, even as California’s multibillion-dollar Capitol Annex Project—entirely taxpayer-funded and shielded by nondisclosure agreements—has drawn comparatively little national attention.
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Save Our Capitol! is working to preserve the historic Capitol and its surrounding Park, including hundreds of irreplaceable trees. Alternatives exist to make the new Annex safe and compatible without spending more than $1.2 billion to excavate the West Steps, build a new parking garage, and rebuild the Annex with an all-glass facade.













