Project Info
The Tani Cantil-Sakauye Sacramento County Courthouse provides a new 18-story, 53-courtroom courthouse of approximately 540,000 square feet in downtown Sacramento. It improved operational efficiency, access to justice, and overall public service through the consolidation of court operations and calendars; eliminated current space shortfall; increased security; and replaced inadequate and obsolete facilities including the state-owned Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse. Acquired in 2014, the 2.39-acre project site was formerly Lot 41 in the Sacramento Railyards redevelopment area. The project utilized the Construction Manager at Risk delivery method. This new courthouse will hear criminal and civil case matters for court service to all residents of Sacramento County.
Background
Prior to completion of this capital project, the Superior Court of Sacramento County’s main facility for criminal and civil case matters was the Gordon D. Schaber Sacramento County Courthouse. It was built by the County of Sacramento in 1965 and originally designed to house 22 courtrooms. It was renovated over time to a total of 44 courtrooms as the court’s caseload and operations grew in response to the county’s growing population. The building’s systems became aged, it was very overcrowded, and it lacked significant safety features required of the court’s large criminal court operations and calendars. The new courthouse replaced this facility and provided the opportunity for criminal and mental health caseload redistribution from the Ridgeway, Carol Miller, and Juvenile courthouses.
With the completion of the new courthouse, and to the benefit of all residents of Sacramento County, the superior court has improved operational efficiency, access to justice, and overall public service through consolidated criminal and civil court calendars and operations in a modern facility.
The new courthouse project site in downtown Sacramento is located on G Street at the southwest corner of the intersection of G Street and 6th Street. This location is only a few blocks from the former Schaber Courthouse.
CEQA
The Judicial Council complied with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by filing a Notice of Determination after preparing and certifying an environmental impact report (EIR) in 2011 and an EIR addendum in 2018.
