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City outlines plan to close North Napa Center as state grant ends, shifts focus to housing navigation

Napa City Council · March 17, 2026
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City staff said state Encampment Resolution grant funding that supported the North Napa Center will end in June 2026; staff described demobilization plans to avoid returns to homelessness and to shift resources toward rental assistance, housing navigation and tenancy care while exploring limited hotel voucher options.

City staff told the Napa City Council on March 17 that the state grant that funded the North Napa Center is expiring and the city plans to close the motel‑based site on June 30, 2026 unless new funding becomes available.

Molly Radigan (staff) said the city was awarded about $15 million in June 2023 to open and operate the North Napa Center and that, although the state has extended the expenditure deadline to June 22, 2027, the site lease at the former Motel 6 expires June 30,…

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