Jason Lee’s nonprofit could get city help seeking state millions. Other nonprofits didn’t

A nonprofit founded by Stockton Vice Mayor Jason Lee could be allowed to use city property worth an estimated $6.5 million to bolster its case for receiving millions in behavioral health money from the state.

The city previously declined to support four other nonprofits seeking the same state funds.

A City Council vote is set for tonight on whether to use the vacant, city-owned Teen Impact Center in downtown Stockton for a proposed project that Hollywood Cares — a nonprofit Lee founded — plans to pitch to state funders. The project would transform the building into youth housing…

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