

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.
KCRA 3 News
By Ashley Zavala
California Capitol Annex construction crews are in the process of installing controversial Italian stonework onto the expensive new office building for lawmakers and the governor, project officials confirmed.
"But the biggest concern for state taxpayers has been the dramatic increase in funds needed to complete this project that ballooned to over a billion dollars."
By j.R Flores:
LISTEN: "But go ahead and build yourself $1.2 Billion offices...You know how much you could do with that? You could build the Golden Gate Bridge twice."
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.













