Why is Sacramento (aka Sac) the capitol of California? Let’s boil down this long story to roughly 300 words. Give or take. Yeah, you can take your pick of big cities in the late, great Golden State. You’ve got San Fran in the north, LA in the south, and stragglers like San Diego and San Jose. So, right there that’s four massive cities Californians could have chosen from. Why Sac?