‘Symbol of progress’: Stockton opens its new City Hall after years of cost overruns, delays

STOCKTON OFFICIALS CUT THE RIBBON Tuesday on the city’s new City Hall, celebrating the long-awaited opening of a downtown government headquarters next to the deep-water channel that city leaders described as a symbol of progress, stability and renewed confidence in Stockton’s future.

The ceremony marked a major milestone for a project nearly a decade in the making — one that has also drawn years of scrutiny over delays, rising costs and contract increases that largely happened outside public City Council votes.