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		<title>SOCA Pick D &amp; S and The Taylor Group for K Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the SOCA letter to the Mayor and Council stating our position on the development of the West end of K Street.  This is for the Council meeting Tuesday, July 13 at 6:00 p.m. Please see the next post below for Action Alert Info and background and how you can help and have your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=313</link>
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		<title>700-800 K Street Action Alert July 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SOCA Action Alert: This item 700-800 K Street will be heard at Council on Tuesday, July 13th at 6:00 PM. It is item 32 on the agenda but items 1-30 are consent items and should go very quickly. If you cannot attend see below for the link to the Council&#8217;s e-comment page so you can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=285</link>
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		<title>35th Annual SOCA Home Tour &#8211; September 19th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[35th Annual SOCA Home Tour
Location: Bungalow Row &#8211; 25th &#38; Q Streets, Midtown Sacramento
Description: Join us for the 35th Annual SOCA Home Tour. This year we are celebrating the 100th birthday of Bungalow Row. A street fair featuring artisans and craftspersons specializing in historic properties will be held in Winn Park at 27th &#38; P [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=276</link>
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		<title>100th Birthday of Bungalow Row</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Celebrate with us &#8211; SOCA&#8217;s 35th Annual Home Tour and the 100th birthday of Q Street&#8217;s Bungalow Row with an historic-homes walking-tour and street fair highlighting some of the finest examples of Craftsman -Era architecture Sacramento has to offer.
When: Sunday, September 19th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (last tour at 3:30 PM)
Where: The historic-home [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=184</link>
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		<title>SOCA History</title>
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The Sacramento Old City Association (SOCA) was born in 1972, when downtown homeowners discovered they could not obtain financing from lending institutions to restore and rehabilitate their homes. Lenders at the time did not consider central city homes worthy of investment. These pioneers banded together and formed SOCA, and because of their efforts, many of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=26</link>
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		<title>City Council Votes to Close Berry Hotel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By William Burg
Hotel Berry circa 1930
On Tuesday Feb. 24, 2009 the City Council authorized the purchase of the Berry Hotel from its latest owners, developer AF Evans. Despite the efforts of the developer to restore the hotel and maintain its use as housing for those with very low incomes, the city will soon close the Berry, without a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=171</link>
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		<title>Sacramento Loses Treasure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Lathe’s widow, Liza Mehler, notified SOCA of Roger’s passing on February 11, 2009.  Roger had not been well in recent years and macular degeneration had affected his eyesight to the extent that he had to give up his “House wright” business. He definitely was a treasure, not only to SOCA, but to the entire community. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=169</link>
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		<title>Highway Traffic Increases Into Midtown Stopped</title>
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The following press release from ECOS was released on January 16th, 2009.  Several SOCA and Preservation Roundtable members participated in NAST.
ECOS (Environmental Council of Sacramento) and NAST (Neighbors Advocating Sustainable Transportation) have reached a settlement agreement with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) resolving the lawsuit filed over Caltrans’ planned expansion of HOV lanes on Highway [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=167</link>
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		<title>2009 Preservation Trust Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The third annual Capital City Preservation Trust awards were presented in May 2009 at the May 26th Council meeting. Also at that meeting the Mayor proclaimed May as National Preservation Month. To see the award winners, click ccpt-preservation-awards-2009.

The Mayor and each Councilmember were invited to name a project in his or her district that meets the award criteria:
• restoration, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=164</link>
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		<title>Bel Vue Apartment Update &#8211; Aug 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sacramento Old City Association representatives spoke at City Council on August 25, 2009. The Council moved the staff recommendation to give the development team working on this ambitious hotel plan for the 800 block of K Street, another 90 days to secure over $91 million in funding.  Concurrently, staff are working on a request for qualifications to seek development proposals when the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sacoldcity.org/?p=161</link>
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