little farther down the road in san jose was where the first legislature met and they met also in valeo still close enough to sacramento. when they first decided where to place a capitol, they wanted it closer to an area that people can get to quickly. sacramento had a lot going for it because of the gold rush in 1849. it brought a lot of people in. so we had issaloons and roads a a way to get here. through stops and starts, sacramento was chosen to be the state capitol and construction on this building started in 1860. it took about 14 years to complete. as is the case with a lot of state capitols throughout the country. the civil war era brought a lot of stops and starts. the capitol in 1971 went through a distinctive seismic test. a two-year test to see if this building would withstand an earthqua earthquake. there was a huge earth quake in 1971. it turned our attention to the fact with modernization and floors ands me neen s mtrying look modern, they decided to see if it would actually withstand an earthquake. it was condemned. it basically the bricks that were holding together the