April 17, 1973 image credit Historic Environment Consultants collection, MS0065.

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April 17, 1973 image credit Historic Environment Consultants collection, MS0065. Description credit Center for Sacramento History: “Did you do something nice for Sacramento on April 17, 1973? That was the day county residents voted on whether to approve a $1.5 million bond issue to finance the purchase of the Alhambra Theatre from Safeway in order to preserve it instead of demolish it. We all know how that turned out. The Sacramento Bee reported that only 23 percent of registered voters showed up to the ballot box that day, and while 44 percent of them voted for the Alhambra measure, it needed a two-thirds majority to pass. Noted the Bee: “The poor showing left no doubt the voters prefer not to pay the price to have even this distinguished touch with the past.”