City officials are eyeing state buildings in Sacramento as a potential source of local property tax revenue. A public affairs official with the state’s Department of General Services confirmed with The Sacramento Press on Thursday that it is moving forward with plans to sell some state-owned buildings in the city. Sacramento does not receive property tax from state-owned buildings. But if the crisis-ridden state government sells the buildings it owns to private entities, property tax monies w... KathleenHaley savemidtown 2009-10-24T03:22:15Z 2009-10-24T03:22:15Z

Thanks State of CA for demolishing four city blocks of housing and local retail including a favorite greasy spoop the Camelia Cafe for the moonscape that is the East End. It's only a few years old and now they're gonna sell it. No - I think the state should have to hang on to it and and suffer the consequences for repeating their pattern of destroying wide swaths of our city like they did with Capitol Mall which used to be a vibrant neighborhood known as the West End - and a major reason for the decline of K Street.

savemidtown 2009-10-24T03:22:15Z advocate 2009-10-23T05:04:32Z 2009-10-23T05:04:32Z

Isn't there something about private owners don't pay property taxes if they are entered into a long-term lease with the State--say 20+ years.

advocate 2009-10-23T05:04:32Z