{"id":1998425,"date":"2023-08-11T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-repurposing-3-government-buildings-in-capital-into-affordable-housing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T22:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T02:40:16","slug":"california-repurposing-3-government-buildings-in-capital-into-affordable-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-repurposing-3-government-buildings-in-capital-into-affordable-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"California Repurposing 3 Government Buildings in Capital Into Affordable Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-repurposing-3-government-buildings-in-capital-into-affordable-housing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1998425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Unused Government Office Space in Sacramento to be Transformed into Affordable Housing<\/h2>\n<p>In an exciting announcement on August \u200c9,\u2062 Governor Gavin Newsom revealed\u200b plans to renovate unused office\u200d space in three government buildings \u200con the Capitol\u200d Mall in Sacramento into at\u2064 least 400 affordable housing units. This initiative aims to address California&#8217;s housing\u2064 crisis\u2064 and \u2063provide homes for those in need.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200c to Governor Newsom, &#8220;We\u2064 need to build more housing, faster. \u200cEveryone \u2063in\u200d California deserves to have a home, \u2062and in just a few years we&#8217;ve made\u2062 significant\u200b investments and\u200b progress to address\u200c the state&#8217;s housing crisis. Projects like these are reimagining what our cities look like\u2014creating more housing near transit, work, and shops\u2014all while increasing affordability and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-hostile-regimes-testing-joe-biden-during-his-first-months-in-office\/\" title=\"4 Hostile Regimes Testing Joe Biden During His First Months In Office\">fighting climate change<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The specific costs and funding sources for the renovations were not mentioned in the \u200dannouncement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/state-sanctioned-housing-coming-to-small-california-towns-5449338\">State-Mandated \u2064Housing Coming \u2062to Small California Towns<\/a> \u2064 &#8211; 8\/7\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/californias-stable-affordable-housing-act-one-step-closer-to-becoming-law-5345794\">California&#8217;s &#8216;Stable Affordable Housing Act&#8217; One Step \u2064Closer to Becoming Law<\/a> &#8211; 6\/21\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The three buildings selected for redevelopment are the Employment Development Department (EDD) at 800 Capitol Mall,\u2064 the EDD \u2064Solar Building at 751 N.\u2064 St., and the State Personnel Board Building\u200d at\u200d 801 Capitol Mall.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg expressed\u200b his support for the project, \u2064stating, \u200b&#8221;The transformation of these large office \u2064buildings on \u2064the Capitol Mall into housing will help Sacramento achieve two important goals:\u2062 Bringing more residents downtown\u200c and creating more places where people can afford\u2064 to\u200b live. We are eager to partner with Governor Newsom&#8217;s administration on this \u200dproject and \u200bmany others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The plans \u2064include the construction of 400 to \u2063800 affordable housing units, ranging from studios\u2062 to three-bedroom apartments.\u200d Approximately 370 \u2062units will be designated as affordable, while 170 will be reserved for very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-protesters-rally-outside-of-u-s-capitol-to-pressure-lawmakers-for-bigger-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"D.C. protesters rally outside of U.S. Capitol to pressure lawmakers for bigger stimulus checks\">low-income residents<\/a>. The developers\u200d also\u2064 envision community \u2064rooms, large roof decks, and a childcare center\u200d to\u2064 cater\u2063 to mixed-income\u2064 families.<\/p>\n<p>McCormack Baron Salazar, \u2063Inc., a \u2063reputable firm with extensive experience \u2063in\u200b building homes and commercial spaces, has been chosen to oversee the renovations\u200b by \u2064two state agencies.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200d initiative aligns with Governor Newsom&#8217;s executive order \u200dissued in 2019, which prioritized the \u200dconversion of unused\u200b state properties into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-mixed-messages-of-bidenomics\/\" title=\"Bidenomics: A web of conflicting messages.\">affordable \u2064housing units<\/a>. The \u200corder aimed to address the high cost of\u200d living burdening \u2063many California residents.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>California \u200dState Personnel Board \u200cbuilding in Sacramento, Calif., in October 2022. \u2063(Google Maps\/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Advocates \u2062of the\u200c project believe\u200c that reimagining downtown and repurposing vacant space can have a transformative impact \u2064on the \u200dmetropolitan \u200carea. Gustavo \u200bVelasquez, the Director of the Department of Housing and Community Development, stated, &#8220;The re-envisioning of these office buildings\u2062 will reinvigorate \u2063a downtown that is walkable and close to transit, services,\u200b and amenities, and will \u200ccreate more climate-friendly housing for all. This project will assist hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-attorney-general-letitia-james-announces-run-for-governor\/\" title=\"NY Attorney General Letitia James Announces Run for Governor\">working families struggling<\/a> with housing security and will attract \u200dnew businesses \u200dwhile \u2063giving a boost to\u200d existing ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The downtown areas \u2064were significantly affected by \u2063the pandemic, with\u2064 remote work leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-repurposing-3-government-buildings-in-capital-into-affordable-housing\/\" title=\"California repurposing 3 government buildings in capital for affordable housing.\">high office vacancy\u200b rates<\/a>. State government operations continue to utilize \u200cteleconferences and remote meetings, \u200cwith three bills \u200ccurrently under consideration in the Legislature to extend \u200bthese practices.<\/p>\n<p>With the shift towards remote work \u200creducing the demand \u200cfor office space, repurposing vacant office buildings into\u200d affordable\u200b housing is \u2062seen as a mutually beneficial solution for communities and those in need of housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unused office space in three government buildings on the Capitol Mall in Sacramento is slated for renovation into at least 400 affordable housing units, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Aug. 9.\u201cWe need to build more housing, faster. Everyone in California deserves to have a home, and in just a few years we\u2019ve made significant investments and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1905,"featured_media":1998426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1905"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}