SAN PABLO, Calif. (KRON) – An animal shelter in San Pablo may have to close down after its current lease expires. Caltrans, which owns the property, says it needs this land to stage equipment for a project on Interstate 80. Julie Bainbridge has dedicated the last seven years to her animal shelter Jelly’s Place. It is right off I-80 in San Pablo. "Right now we have 196, I believe. Sixty of those are cats. The rest are large and small breed dogs,” she said.  Safeway to pay millions for overcharging customers: Alameda Co. DA The shelter uses donations and grant money to take in stray cats and dogs and provide free vaccines as well as spay and neuter services. They also rescue dogs from kill shelters. "Over in Fresno when a puppy comes in injured they would euthanize it when it comes in the door. As you can see he's quite healthy and fat now,” Bainbridge said.  But they’ve had to stop taking in strays after learning that their lease won’t get renewed next year. Caltrans said they need the property to stage equipment for an upcoming construction project on I-80 in Richmond.  "I spend a lot of sleepless nights worried about… somebody will bring an animal in and I can't take it and it'll bother me for days,” Bainbridge said.  Jelly’s Place has been renting the land on San Pablo Dam Road from Caltrans for $1,000 per month. A Caltrans spokesperson told KRON4 that changes in state law bars them from leasing state property for animal shelters.  "Caltrans says they are working with us for a solution, but that is not true. We've been told there is nothing they can do for us. They just want to know if we can be off the property by May of 25,” Bainbridge said.  Bainbridge says the hope is to relocate and not close down for good. "I am hopeful. I'm working with a different county supervisor for District 2 for Richmond. He is hopeful that we will be able to find a warehouse that the city owns that they are not using that they could either rent to us for a very low cost or sell to us very cheaply,” she said.  There’s also a petition that’s been created from the community rallying behind Jelly’s Place so that it can continue to save animals. ”It shows the people that are fighting for Jelly’s not to close because they rely on us, and we do it because it needs to be done. Contra Costa County cannot handle the amount of people and amount of spays, neuters and vaccines coming in right now,” Bainbridge said.