California’s Capital City Converts Century-Old Hotel Into Homeless Shelter

A historic Sacramento building that has been around for more than 100 years reopened last week as a supportive housing shelter for the homeless. The two buildings that used to be known as Sacramento’s Capitol Park Hotel—located on 9th and L streets in Downtown Sacramento—were built in 1911 and 1912, according to a Jan. 8 press release from Mayor Darrell Steinberg’s office. The city had previously used the property as an emergency shelter for its homeless population from 2019 until 2021. The supportive housing shelter cost the city $20.3 million, with an additional $23.9 million from the state’s Homekey program and $7.4 million from the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency....