If Jelly's Place closes, the founder says the no-kill animal rescue would have to figure out what to do with more than 140 animals and 15 people would lose their jobs.
San Pablo no-kill animal rescue Jelly's Place says they're at risk of closing after their landlord Caltrans laid out the options.A San Pablo no-kill animal rescue says their landlord Caltrans told them they must bid at auction to keep renting their property or sign a long-term lease they likely won't be able to afford.
There's no shortage of barking at Jelly's Place, but on this day all the noise is about something else. Caltrans, which owns the property, told Jelly's they must either bid at auction to continue renting it or enter into a long-term lease up to 20 years.She says for more than a decade Jelly's has been at this location paying a nominal amount of rent to Caltrans."We've been lucky enough not to have anything change for 12 years, but now they want to do something about it," said Bainbridge.
In an email sent to Jelly's last week that Bainbridge shared with ABC7 News, an agent with the Department of Transportation writes in part, "...we simply can't 'shield Jelly's Place from Sacramento anymore..." Regarding the auction, the Caltrans agent writes in part, "...we do 'run the risk' that you could be outbid... but because I will also be auctioning the lot directly to the south of you.... I'm hoping any 'competition' will bid on that lot... and not on yours."Bainbridge says she's leaning towards the long-term lease option which also presents challenges.
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