The Golden Gate Bridge is not for sale, but nearby you can make a bid on the California Supreme Court. Well, not actually the Court as an institution, but its building. You then have to lease it back to a tenant of dubious credit, the State of California. Marisa Lagos has this story in the SF Chron.
Selling off paid-for assets and then incurring lease expenses in perpetuity sure sounds like kicking the financial can down the road, which is what got us in this mess in the first place.
There is, however, a good reason for a different change regarding the California Supreme Court. It does not belong in San Francisco, which is not the capital of California. Having it there is like having SCOTUS in New York. The Supreme Court belongs in Sacramento. Along with symbolic reasons, SF is a much more expensive place to live and work. Moving Cal. Supreme and all its staff to the capital city would save money in the long run. Doesn't look like anybody's talking about that.
Selling off paid-for assets and then incurring lease expenses in perpetuity sure sounds like kicking the financial can down the road, which is what got us in this mess in the first place.
There is, however, a good reason for a different change regarding the California Supreme Court. It does not belong in San Francisco, which is not the capital of California. Having it there is like having SCOTUS in New York. The Supreme Court belongs in Sacramento. Along with symbolic reasons, SF is a much more expensive place to live and work. Moving Cal. Supreme and all its staff to the capital city would save money in the long run. Doesn't look like anybody's talking about that.
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