Fed up with years of leaks, floods, falling windows, rampant mold and now free-falling elevators at its Sacramento headquarters, the head of the Board of Equalization says his 2,900 employees need to get the heck out of the 24- story money pit.
BOE Executive Director Ramon Hirsig, sidestepping what he thinks is foot-dragging by state property managers, has persuaded legislators to co-author a bill authorizing his agency to vacate its troubled home for newer and safer office space in the region.
The boxy, gray downtown landmark at 450 N St. that the BOE now occupies would then be leased, traded or just sold.
"Continuing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars per year into a host of building issues does not adequately address the long-term building problems for the state," Hirsig said in a recent letter to legislators. "The current approach continues to drain the state's budget without any assurance that it will stop."
He's not joking. The tab for mold remediation and other repairs has soared to $68 million from $29 million in estimated costs last spring, which itself was up wildly from the $15 million estimate in 2005.
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BOE Executive Director Ramon Hirsig, sidestepping what he thinks is foot-dragging by state property managers, has persuaded legislators to co-author a bill authorizing his agency to vacate its troubled home for newer and safer office space in the region.
The boxy, gray downtown landmark at 450 N St. that the BOE now occupies would then be leased, traded or just sold.
"Continuing to spend millions of taxpayer dollars per year into a host of building issues does not adequately address the long-term building problems for the state," Hirsig said in a recent letter to legislators. "The current approach continues to drain the state's budget without any assurance that it will stop."
He's not joking. The tab for mold remediation and other repairs has soared to $68 million from $29 million in estimated costs last spring, which itself was up wildly from the $15 million estimate in 2005.
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