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4 unusual facts about Downtown Sacramento


California Department of Developmental Services

The California Department of Developmental Services is a state agency of California, headquartered in Downtown Sacramento.

Downtown Sacramento

Downtown is generally defined as the area south of the American River, east of the Sacramento River, north of Broadway, and west of 16th Street.

The Sacramento Community Center Theatre is located on 13th and L Streets, and has regular performances by Broadway Sacramento, Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sacramento Opera, and The Sacramento Ballet.

Parkway–South Sacramento, California

Stockton Boulevard and Franklin Boulevard extend southerly from Downtown Sacramento and were used from the earliest days of the "gold mining" era for land routes to Stockton as well as to travel to farming areas.


Robert Fong

Fong was a big proponent along with then mayor Heather Fargo of Measures Q and R which were on the 2006 ballot that would have levied a sales tax against Sacramento residents in order to build a new arena for the Sacramento Kings at the Railyards in Downtown Sacramento.


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