Renovated Building Offers Chance To Be Governor's Neighbor
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- There's prime real estate opening right next to the governor in midtown Sacramento, but there's an income requirement. They won't give you a key if your household income is more than $30,000 for a small loft and $60,000 for the largest units.
The black sedan is just about the only sign he lives there, but now Gov. Jerry Brown will have a lot more eyes watching him come and go from his Sacramento loft.
The thrifty governor will now share his street with low and moderate income tenants.
"I think it speaks volumes. I think it says a lot of good things about our governor," one man said of the governor's residency choice.
His new neighbors will be moving in to a historic and formerly boarded up building now opening back up at 16th and J streets.
"These are the historic Murphy beds that were here before," said developer Bay Miry on a tour with CBS13's Steve Large. "We kept these and totally restored them."
Miry's company now owns the century-old Maydestone building, which is getting its first crop of tenants next month.
It's remodeled, ironically, using $6 million in redevelopment funds, funds Brown was working to eliminate along with California redevelopment agencies to fix the state budget.
"There is definitely a certain irony that Governor Brown lives right around the corner," Miry said.
Sacramento's redevelopment agency is fighting to stay open, using its money to clean up the Maydestone and other blights like Hotel Berry and the K Street Mall -- locations all within walking distance of the governor's Sacramento pad.
Brown's taste is totally different from when his father was governor. Pat Brown lived in the Governor's Mansion, the last governor to do so. Jerry Brown was already away at college when the family moved in.
The governor's very own building was also remodeled several years ago using redevelopment money.
The 32-unit Maydestone is still taking applications for one-year leases. Residents can begin moving in Oct. 1.
