Modesto will seek an $18.5 million state grant to help turn an old motel near downtown into 48 low-cost studio apartments.
The City Council voted 6-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, for the project at the El Capitan Motel. It is on Needham Street just west of College Avenue.
The project would house people at risk of living on the streets. Half would be military veterans and the other half clients of Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services. The site manager would live in a 49th unit…