Lodi

Lodi (LOH-dye) is a city located in San Joaquin County, California, in the center portion of California's Central Valley. The population was 62,134 at the 2010 census. The estimated population is approximately 67,586 according to 2019 census data. Lodi is best known for wine grape production although its vintages have historically been less prestigious than those of Sonoma and Napa counties. In recent years, the Lodi Appellation has become increasingly respected for its Zinfandel and other eclectic wine varietals. National recognition came from the Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Lodi" and continued with the "2015 Wine Region of the Year" award given to Lodi by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.Lodi gained international attention in 2005 when local residents Hamid and Umer Hayat were arrested and charged in the first terrorism trial in the state of California. In 2019, a judge recommended his conviction be overturned, citing an ineffective legal defense for Hayatwho was defended by a lawyer that had never previously served in a criminal case in a federal court. The recommendation also cites a coerced confession obtained by the FBI, which one former agent described as the "sorriest confession" he had ever seen. The city was officially incorporated by voters, passing by a margin of 2 to 1. The fire department was established in 1911, and the city purchased the Bay City Gas and Water Works in 1919. Additional public buildings constructed during this period include theLodi Opera House in 1905, a Carnegie library in 1909, and a hospital in 1915.

History

A group of local families decided to establish a school in 1859, they settled on a site near present-day Cherokee Lane and Turner Road. In 1906, the city was officially incorporated by voters, passing by a margin of 2 to 1. Lodi gained international attention in 2005 when local residents Hamid and Umer Hayat were arrested and charged in the first terrorism trial in the state of California. In 2019, a judge recommended his conviction be overturned, citing an ineffective legal defense for Hayatwho was defended by a lawyer that had never previously served in a criminal case in a federal court. The recommendation also cites a coerced confession obtained by the FBI, which one former agent described as the "sorriest confession" he had ever seen. The fire department was established in 1911, and the city purchased the Bay City Gas and Water Works in 1919. More than likely, some of the earliest settler families were from Lodi, Illinois, and they chose to use the same name as their hometown. The Lodi Opera House in 1905, a Carnegie library in 1909, and a hospital in 1915 were among the first public buildings built in the city. Loda is a city in northern Italy where Napoleon defeated the Austrians in 1796 and won his first military victory. The city was named after the nearby river, but confusion with other nearby towns prompted a name change, which was officially endorsed in Sacramento by an assembly bill. The town's name was changed to Lodi in 1873.

Demographics

The 2020 United States Census reported that Lodi had a population of 67,586. The racial makeup of Lodi was 62.1% White, 1.8% African American, 0.5% Native American, 9.7% Asian,0.4% Pacific Islander, and 17.2% from two or more races. The population was spread out, with 17,282 people (27.8%) under the age of 18, 5,863 people (9.4%) aged 18 to 24, 15,931 people (25.6%) aged 25 to 44, 14,681 people (23.6) aged 45 to 64, and 8,377 people (13.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. There were 23,792 housing units at an average density of 1,721.0 per square mile (664.5/km²), of which 12,091 (54.7%) were owner-occupied, and 10,006 (45.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rates was 8.2%. 32,153 people (51.7%), 29,304 people (47.2%) lived in rental housing units. Seventy-nine percent of the population had a high school diploma or higher. The median age was 34.3 years. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city covers an area of 13.8 square miles (36 km²) Lodi is flat terrain at an elevation of approximately 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level datum. There has long been a movement in the area to preserve a "greenbelt" as a buffer zone between Lodi and Stockton in order to keep the two cities separate. Lodi has cool, wet winters, often characterized by dense ground fog, and hot, dry summers with a considerably higher degree of diurnal temperature variation than in winter. Due to the city's proximity to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, summer temperatures usually dip into the fifties at night. Fog and low overcast sometimes drifts in from San Francisco Bay during the summer and it can be breezy at times, especially at night and in the evenings. The record high temperature was 111 °F (44 °C) on June 15, 1961. The most rainfall in one month was 15.01 in (38.1 cm) in January 1911. The wettest year was 1983 with 35.4 in (90 cm) and the driest yearwas 1976 with 7.18 in (18.2 cm) Snow is very rare in Lodi, but 1.5 in (3.8 cm) fell on January 12, 1930. There are an average of 65.3 days with highs of 90°F (32°C) or higher, and 30.5 days with lows of 32 °F or lower.

Economy

The Lodi area is home to several large manufacturing, general services, and agricultural companies, including Archer Daniels Midland, Holz Rubber Company, Kubota Tractors, Lodi Iron Works, Miller Packing Company, Tiger Lines, Ag Industrial Manufacturing, Inc. (AIM), and Woodbridge-Robert Mondavi. Lodi is the birthplace of A&W Root Beer and A&w Restaurants established in 1919. The "Flame Tokay" grape was introduced from Algeria in 1857, and was a central feature of the vineyards that gradually rose to prominence because of the sandy loam soil and the location directly east of the Suisun Pass. For a brief period during the late 19th century the vines were usurped in favor of watermelons and wheat, but price cuts and labeling problems encouraged farmers to plant more vines. According to the city's 2021 Comprehensive Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city were: AIM, MillerPacking Company and Lodi Truck Service. The city's population is about 6,000. The average household income is about $50,000, and the average house price is $40,500. The median household income in Lodi was about $45,000 in 2010. The typical house price in the area is around $30,000 and the median house value is $60,000+. The average home value in the town is about $50,400. The town has a population of 6,200.

Arts and culture

Lodi is the birthplace of A&W Root Beer, the first batch of which was made in 1919. There are over 100 different grape varieties planted in the Lodi AVA in over 113,000 acres (46,000 ha) of vineyards. The town is surrounded by grapevines and the police cars have grape bunches painted on the sides of them. Lodi was also home to the "Tokay Players," a group of local actors, directors, set builders etc. who had no professional experience, but put on dozens of productions over a period of years. The Farmers Market is held every Thursday evening from May 18 through September 1 (as of 2016) on School Street in Downtown Lodi. The Hill House Museum, a restored Queen Anne Victorian built around 1901 for an early, skilled jeweler/watchmaking Lodian, George Hill, contains historical exhibits relating to the history of the town. World of Wonders, a downtown science museum modeled after the San Francisco Exploratorium, features interactive science exhibits, classrooms, and a retail store. The San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum, the largest museum complex in the county, is just south of Lodi, at the Micke Grove Regional Park. The Lodi Winegrape Commission was formed in 1991, five years after the appellation was formed. In 2014, the rigorous, third-party certified Lodi Rules Sustainability Program was awarded the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award. The Wine Bloggers Conference of 2016 brought over 300 wine bloggers to the area, where attendees filled the Internet with compliments about Lodi's approachable, authentic winegrowing community.

Transportation

The City of Lodi operates the Lodi GrapeLine local bus service. Lodi Transit Station is served by Amtrak San Joaquin service on the Sacramento branch. It became a regular stop in 2002. The station is also served by. Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach, Greyhound Lines, San. Joaquin Regional Transit District, and South. County Transit. It is located in Lodi, California, near the city's downtown area. The city is home to Lodi High School, Lodi Middle School, and Lodi Senior High School. The Lodi Police Department is based at the station. It has a police station, a fire station, and an ambulance station. There are no plans to build a station on the site of the former Lodi City Jail, which was built in the 1930s. It was closed in the 1970s and 1980s after a fire that destroyed the building. The current Lodi police station was constructed in the 1980s and 1990s. There is no plan to build another station at the site. The town has a population of 2,000. It also has a high school, which opened in the 1990s, and a community center, which has a parking lot, which opens in the mid-1990s. The train station is located near the town's downtown, near where Lodi high school was built. It's also near the junction of the Sacramento River and the San Francisco River, which runs through Lodi. The Sacramento River runs through the town.

In popular culture

A Creedence Clearwater Revival song, "Lodi", was named for Lodi, California. The songwriter John Fogerty admits he had never actually visited the city and simply thought it was "the coolest sounding name" The opening scene from the film, Cool Hand Luke, where Paul Newman was cutting the parking meters, was shot in Lodi. Lodi was featured by Huell Howser in Road Trip Episode 144. The city is featured in the film "The Godfather: Part II", starring Tom Hanks and Amy Adams. The film was released in 1998 and was directed by Robert Redford. The movie was based on the book "The godfather: The Godfather, Part II" by John Sutter. The book was published by Simon & Schuster and is based on Sutter's novel of the same name, which was written by Sutter himself. It was published in 1998 by Simon and Schuster, with a foreword written by John Fogerty. The novel was adapted for the film Lodi in 1998, starring Paul Newman as the parking meter-cutter, and directed by Redford as well. In 1999, the movie was released as "Cool Hand Luke" and starred Newman as parkingmeter-cutters, and was released by Paramount Pictures. It is the second film in the series to be released by the studio. The first was "Cool Hand Luke" (1998) and the second was "A Man Walks into a Bar" (1999).

Sister cities

Lodi has two sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: Kofu, Japan (April 11, 1961) and Lodi, Italy (April 12, 1962) Lodi is located in the Liguria region of Italy. Lodi has a population of 1,000,000. The city is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. The town is in the province of Lodi and the region of Lazio in the Lazio region of southern Italy. It has a sister city with Lodi in Lazio, Italy, on the island of Sardinia in the south of the Italian mainland. Its sister city is Lodi-Kofu in Japan, which was established in 1961. It is also sister to Lodi on the Italian Adriana coast, in the Adria region of the Lazia region of south-east Italy, and has a twin city with Lodi in Italy, on the island of Lazio in the north, Lodi on the Adriani coast, Lazio on the Adriana in the north, and Luxembourg on the east coast, Luxembourgeois on the west coast. It also has sister cities with Ljubljana, Slovenia, and Lusitania, Italy, and Lithuania, as designated by Sister Cities I.C.I.A. (Sister Cities International).

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Lodi, Sacramento County, California = 14.8. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 35. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 20. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Lodi = 5 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 67,586 individuals with a median age of 34.1 age the population grows by 9.25% in Lodi, Sacramento County, California population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 4,955.71 residents per square mile of area (1,913.41/km²). There are average 2.73 people per household in the 22,460 households with an average household income of $47,617 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is of the available work force and has dropped -3.24% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 21.22%. The number of physicians in Lodi per 100,000 population = 131.3.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Lodi = 17.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 0 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 61. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 261. 91 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 37.1 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 56, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Lodi, Sacramento County, California which are owned by the occupant = 52.83%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 33 years with median home cost = $178,600 and home appreciation of -16.90%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $8.07 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,580 per student. There are 20.3 students for each teacher in the school, 7816 students for each Librarian and 671 students for each Counselor. 7.99% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 10.88% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 5.01% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).