Let's all go Downtown.

• Position: Stateline - Brief Article

Downtown areas will be preferred sites for state office buildings across California under a new executive smart growth policy. The governor hopes that consolidating far-flung leases into downtown office locations will cut costs. People should also find it easier to locate offices, and traffic congestion and air pollution should be reduced. California owns 40 offices statewide, containing about 12 million square feet of space. The state also has 2,100 leases for 16 million square...