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Bakersfield council approves $2.5 million for new Open Door Network family shelter campus
Summary
Council approved a $2.5 million payment from the affordable housing trust fund to support construction of a new Open Door Network family shelter campus that will expand capacity (roughly 330–350 beds), add a wellness/transitional wing, and double licensed child-care capacity; one council member voted no and one was absent.
The Bakersfield City Council voted Feb. 25 to provide $2.5 million from the city’s affordable housing trust fund to support construction of a new Open Door Network family shelter campus.
Open Door Network (presenter identified in the record as Miss Skidmore and later referenced by staff as "Lauren") described a site renovation of a former Kern Rock plant into a campus of about 74,000 square feet that consolidates several existing programs. Speakers said the campus will expand emergency-bed capacity to roughly 330–350 beds, add a wellness/transitional care wing…
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