\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSacramento has been the home of state government for more than 170 years.Feb. 28, 1854, marks the day Sacramento became the capital of California, the State Capitol Museum said. When California became a state in 1850, San Jose was the capital. Lawmakers would try to set up a permanent state of government through the years in Vallejo and Benicia before ending up in Sacramento. Construction on the Capitol that houses lawmakers today began in 1860, the State Capitol Museum said. It would take 14 years to complete and a lot of money. The budget for the State Capitol soared from the original $500,000 to $2.45 million by 1874. Major flooding, labor shortages and material scarcities all contributed to the delay in construction.While construction would go on until 1874, the state legislature would move in at the end of 1869. The state government threw a ball to commemorate the accomplishment.Through the years, lawmakers would expand and renovate the Capitol building.1906: Lawmakers added a fourth floor to the Capitol1951: East Annex of the Capitol was completed1970s: There was growing concern about the building’s structural integrity1974: Lawmakers would move out of the west wing of the Capitol1976: Restoration of the Capitol would begin. It took six years to complete and cost about $67 million+Check out the history of Capitol ParkRight now, the State Capitol is under construction again. In 2016, then-Gov. Jerry Brown and the legislature approved the Capitol Annex project. They are replacing the East Annex building that was constructed in the 1950s. The state set aside $1.1 billion for the project. As of December, lawmakers say they have spent $573.8 million. The annex building is set to be completed by fall 2027. KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of “California Politics 360.” Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Sacramento has been the home of state government for more than 170 years.<\/p>\n
Feb. 28, 1854, marks the day Sacramento became the capital of California, the State Capitol Museum said<\/a>. <\/p>\n When California became a state in 1850, San Jose was the capital<\/a>. Lawmakers would try to set up a permanent state of government through the years in Vallejo and Benicia before ending up in Sacramento. <\/p>\n Construction on the Capitol that houses lawmakers today began in 1860, the State Capitol Museum said<\/a>. It would take 14 years to complete and a lot of money. The budget for the State Capitol soared from the original $500,000 to $2.45 million by 1874. Major flooding, labor shortages and material scarcities all contributed to the delay in construction.<\/p>\n While construction would go on until 1874, the state legislature would move in at the end of 1869. The state government threw a ball<\/a> to commemorate the accomplishment.<\/p>\n Through the years, lawmakers would expand and renovate the Capitol building.<\/p>\n 1906:<\/a> Lawmakers added a fourth floor to the Capitol<\/p>\n 1951:<\/a> East Annex of the Capitol was completed<\/p>\n 1970s:<\/a> There was growing concern about the building’s structural integrity<\/p>\n 1974:<\/a> Lawmakers would move out of the west wing of the Capitol<\/p>\n 1976:<\/a> Restoration of the Capitol would begin. It took six years to complete and cost about $67 million<\/p>\n +Check out the history of Capitol Park<\/a><\/p>\n Right now, the State Capitol is under construction again. In 2016, then-Gov. Jerry Brown and the legislature approved the Capitol Annex project<\/a>. They are replacing the East Annex building that was constructed in the 1950s. The state set aside $1.1 billion for the project. As of December, lawmakers say they have spent $573.8 million. The annex building is set to be completed by fall 2027. <\/p>\n KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala <\/a>reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of “California Politics 360<\/a>.” Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento has been the home of state government for more than 170 years.Feb. 28, 1854, marks the day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[88857,5713,7,400,88858,62892,51125,88860,88861,4019,88859,473,7834,121,123,122,48109,10020,15191,72],"class_list":{"0":"post-189196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-88857","9":"tag-ca-politics","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-california-politics","12":"tag-california-state-capitol-museum","13":"tag-capital","14":"tag-capitol","15":"tag-capitol-building","16":"tag-capitol1951","17":"tag-construction","18":"tag-east-annex","19":"tag-kcra","20":"tag-lawmaker","21":"tag-sacramento","22":"tag-sacramento-headlines","23":"tag-sacramento-news","24":"tag-state-capitol-museum","25":"tag-state-government","26":"tag-state-legislature","27":"tag-year"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}