Out of the hotel ... into a mansion fit for a governor? Lack of a gubernatorial home may mean rental digs for Schwarzenegger.
By Dan Smith -- Bee Deputy Capitol Bureau Chief - (Published January 5, 2004)
What could be more fun than hunting for a mansion -- a minimum 12,000-square-foot spread that could be the permanent home of California's governors for years to come?
Plenty, if you're first lady Maria Shriver, or a Schwarzenegger administration staffer involved in the quest to remove California from the list of only six states without a governor's mansion.
Dozens of Sacramento-area properties have been reviewed -- Shriver even toured a $5.9 million mansion once built for Ronald Reagan -- but things aren't going so well.
Nothing has surfaced that meets the criteria of cost, proximity to the Capitol, security and appropriateness for public entertaining and private comfort for all types of potential future first families.
Donna Lucas, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's deputy chief of staff, said Shriver would "like to see a permanent residence, not only for them, but for future governors (but) as of right now, there is not an appropriate house for them. They're probably going to have to look for an interim strategy."
That means the action star-turned-governor could soon be checking out of the downtown Hyatt Regency and moving into a rental pad, perhaps a condo. Lucas was circumspect about the timing of such a transfer, but noted that Shriver "would like to see her husband not live out of a suitcase."
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