Graffiti Jam transforms state building in Sacramento due for 2025 demolition • Sacramento News & Review

By Steve Martarano A state-owned abandoned warehouse in downtown Sacramento is getting one final shot at glory before the site becomes a multi-use affordable housing complex next year. Graffiti on government buildings is not always a welcome sight, but with a theme of positive transformation, well over 30 artists spent Labor Day weekend giving the building at 805 R St. a colorful, sanctioned glow during Graffiti Jam, an event put on by Mutual Housing California and the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) to celebrate the upcoming housing project. Sacramento artist Tiranjini Pillai worked with other artists to beautify the building on R Street duringGraffiti Jam, and coordinated the installation of an animated butterfly display. (Photo by Steve Martarano)  Downtown visitors will be able to see the temporary art installations, visible from R, 8th and 9th streets and Quill Alley, for about six months, said CADA Executive Director Danielle Foster. In early 2025, Foster said the building, through a collaboration of CADA and Mutual Housing California, will be demolished to become Monarch, a mixed-use, six-story, 201,456-square-foot development with 241-units of affordable apartments — 30 of which will be reserved for formerly homeless and at-risk households. The development will have commercial space...