STOCKTON, Calif. — Downtown Stockton's Cesar Chavez Central Library will undergo $10 million in repairs and seismic retrofitting after the California State Library awarded it a grant.
The grant was made possible by the $489 million Building Forward Library Facilities Improvement Program. In its most recent round of funding, the program awarded $313 million to 246 libraries across the state.
The program is California's largest single investment ever made into the state's network of more than 1,100 libraries. In total, 286 library facilities requested funding from the state with a maximum grant amount of $10 million.
Stockton was awarded that maximum amount and the city agreed to contribute another $5 million.
In addition to retrofitting, the funding will help the library remodel and replace some building systems.
The Cesar Chavez Library, one of eight public libraries in Stockton, was first opened in 1964.
The state also awarded funds to 11 libraries in Sacramento ranging from $100,000 to $5 million each.
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