Power Outage Closes Downtown Public Counters In Sacramento County

Press release from the Sacramento County Government:

December 15, 2021

UPDATE

11:15 a.m., Dec. 15

Power has been restored to Sacramento County Office Buildings at 700 H Street and 827 7th Street, and all public counters will open at 1 p.m.

ORIGINAL MESSAGE

8:30 A.M., Dec. 15

Yesterday a SMUD substation facility sustained significant damage in a fire causing power disruption to a four-block area of downtown, including the Sacramento County Office Buildings at 700 H Street and 827 7th Street. SMUD has indicated these buildings will not have power restoration in time for business operations today.

County operations will continue, but the buildings will be closed. Public counters at those locations will have alternate services/counters available until further notice:

Office of the Public Defender (Felony Division, Misdemeanor Division, Administration, Investigations), 700 H Street, Ground Floor Alternate public counter/contact information: Juvenile Division Public Counter 9606 Kiefer Boulevard, Room 302 (916) 875-5077

Business Licensing/Fictitious Business Names, Secured and Unsecured Taxes, 700 H Street, First Floor Alternate contacts: Business Licensing/Fictitious Business Names – FinanceOBLA@saccounty.gov Secured Taxes – TaxSecured@saccounty.gov Unsecured Taxes – TaxPProp@saccounty.gov

Treasury’s Public Counters, 700 H First Floor and 827 7th Street Alternate contact: Finance - TreasuryAdmin@saccounty.net

Clerk of the Board/Board of Supervisors, 700 H Street, Second Floor Alternate contact information: boardclerk@saccounty.net

Business Assistance Center, 827 7th Street, First Floor Alternative contact information:

9700 Goethe Rd (916) 875-5296

SMUD has not released an estimated time for power restoration.

This press release was produced by the Sacramento County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.