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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 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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October 16, 2025

Sacramento won’t show us bill for new wing

The Orange County Register

By OCR Editorial Board

By so far, we mean that this billion-dollar baby is by no means completed yet, though exterior construction appears to be reaching its final stages. But by the time it opens in 2027, who knows what the bill will be? Because we don’t.

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October 10, 2025

California lawmakers still won't say how much their new office building will cost

KCRA 3 News

By Ashley Zavala

The Joint Rules Committee earlier this spring said it would provide a public update on the project, but lawmakers failed to provide one before wrapping up their work in Sacramento last month. Pacheco did not respond to a request for comment on the situation.

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Stop the Billion Dollar Demolition and Rebuild Project
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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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