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Although Stevenson is involved with the formation of the Swanston statue restoration plan, which includes working with the Center for Sacramento History, he envisions a greater version of that plan.

“Well, that whole Swanston stream, statue and garden area, personally, I would like for it to, the way I put it, be back (to) the way it was born,” he said. “You know, so it looks like it’s 1940, (and) everything is just the way it was.”

The project would also include the installation of a camera surveillance system.

But Stevenson does not expect progress on the Swanston project to occur quickly.

“The problem is right now, we have a lot of unknowns,” he said. “(It is) doubtless we’ll know more in a month.”

As for the financing for the project to restore the Swanston statue, Stevenson mentioned that the Land Park Volunteer Corps may eventually decide to create a GoFundMe account to solicit donations.

Stevenson is currently seeking photographs of the statue that were taken prior to the vandalism.

His greatest interest are photographs that show the statue’s nose, which was broken off many years ago.

Photographs of the statue can be sent directly to Stevenson at the email address, stevensonrichard@sbcglobal.net.