Save the Capitol, Save the Trees v. Dept. of General Services CA3

FACTS AND HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS

The following summary is taken from the petition or consists of information of which this court may take judicial notice. (See Save Lafayette Trees v. East Bay Regional Park Dist. (2021) 66 Cal.App.5th 21, 29 [“On review of the order sustaining demurrers, we accept as true all properly pleaded material factual allegations and all materials subject to judicial notice”] (Save Lafayette Trees).) “The State Capitol Building Annex is the annex to the historic State Capitol, constructed to the east of the original building . . . .” (Gov. Code, § 9105.) The existing annex was constructed between 1949 and 1951. Surrounding the Capitol and its annex is Capitol Park, which contains various monuments, memorials, walkways, and ornamental trees. The Capitol complex, consisting of the Capitol, its annex, and surrounding park, is a CEQA historic resource and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2016, the Legislature enacted the State Capitol Building Annex Act of 2016 (Act), as set forth in Government Code sections 9112-9114.5. (Stats. 2016, ch. 31, § 65, amended by Stats. 2018, ch. 40, and further amended by Stats. 2022, ch.…