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Stop the demolition!
Stop the demolition!
Stop the demolition!

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.

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Preserve our right to assemble on the West Steps and to exercise our constitutional freedoms.

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.

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October 23, 2025

Save Our Capitol! Issues Statement Regarding Capitol Annex Project’s Escalating Costs

By Save Our Capitol!

“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."

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October 21, 2025

Newsom’s California Renovation Under Scrutiny Amid Trump White House Jibes

Newsweek

By Martha McHardy

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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October 15, 2025

California bans NDAs for lawmakers after Capitol scandals

North County Pipeline

By Steve Puterski

Gov. Newsom signs bill outlawing NDAs in legislative negotiations after backlash over secrecy in billion-dollar projects, controversial fast-food minimum wage law

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Stop the Billion Dollar Demolition and Rebuild Project
Save Our Capitol Trees
Stop the Blockade of the West Steps and Plaza

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Save Our Capitol!

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.

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