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Lodi Access Center and Emergency Shelter Quarterly Operations, Construction, and Funding Update (CD)
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MEETING DATE:
September 16, 2026
PREPARED BY:
Cynthia Marsh, Deputy Director / City Planner
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Receive and file the quarterly update regarding temporary Access Center operations, permanent Access Center construction, service outcomes, and operating-funding activities; and provide feedback regarding potential strategies to support the Access Center’s long-term financial sustainability.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The temporary Lodi Access Center and Emergency Shelter opened on July 22, 2022, as the initial phase of the City’s homelessness response at 710 North Sacramento Street. The temporary facility currently operates from a tent-based structure on the same property where the permanent Access Center is under construction. Outreach Ministries International, Inc. (OMI) assumed operation of the temporary facility on November 1, 2024.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND CITY COUNCIL DIRECTION:
The Access Center developed from more than a decade of public discussion, community participation, regional coordination, and policy and funding actions taken by the City Council. In April and May 2015, the City convened two Homeless Summits at the Lodi Grape Festival to obtain input from service providers, community organizations, businesses, advocates, and other interested parties. The City Council also authorized the Homeless Solutions Committee, composed of community stakeholders and City representatives, to study homelessness in Lodi and develop recommendations.
On September 16, 2015, the City Council adopted the resulting Report on Homelessness in Lodi. The report recommended coordinated short- and long-term strategies intended to balance assistance and services for individuals experiencing homelessness with the protection of public health and safety. The Committee subsequently pro...
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