Government
Aug. 1, 2022
Lawmakers ‘gutted like a fish’ lawsuit to stop Capital annex
“In light of what we saw on Jan. 6 and have been learning in the hearings, I think we’d want to be able to conceal where we’re taking our at-risk VIPs, the governor and the legislators,” said Dick Cowan, a retired civil engineer and spokesman for Save Our Capitol!, the group trying to stop the project.
When they were completing the annual state budget late last month, lawmakers in Sacramento quietly knifed a lawsuit seeking to block a $1.4 billion project to demolish and rebuild much of the State Capitol building.
“The Legislature has gutted Plaintiff’s case like a fish,” wrote Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Christopher E. Krueger in his order dismissing the case earlier this month. “There appears no possible way to cure the legal...
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