Gov. Jerry Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown hosted the 81st annual Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Wednesday night on the West Steps of the State Capitol in Sacramento.
Gov. Brown lit the Capitol Christmas tree with 10-year-old Christian Anderson of Costa Mesa.
This year's tree is a 50-foot tall white fir tree from the Latour Demonstration State Forest located near Redding in Shasta County. It is the first Capitol Christmas tree from a state forest.
The tree is decorated with hundreds of handcrafted ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities who receive services and support from the state’s development centers and 21 nonprofit regional centers.
It is illuminated by approximately 10,000 ultra-low wattage LED lights.