CDVA To Hold LA/Ventura Co. Project Outreach Meetings...

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO HOLD GREATER LOS ANGELES VENTURA COUNTIES PROJECT OUTREACH MEETINGS
 
EVENT:         The California Department of Veterans Affairs will hold 3 project outreach meetings to present an update to the community regarding each specific site location for construction of California Veterans Homes.  Attached to this Advisory are fact sheets for each Greater Los Angeles Ventura Counties (GLAVC) veterans home.
 
LANCASTER
 
Monday,
December 11, 2006
 
Lancaster City Hall
Emergency Ops Center
44933 Fern Avenue
Lancaster, CA 93534
 

VENTURA
 
Tuesday,
December 12, 2006
 
VFW Hall
3801 Market Street
Ventura, CA 93003

WEST LOS ANGELES
 
Wednesday,
December 13, 2006
 
VA Hospital
11301 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90073
 
TIME:           All meetings will run from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
 
WHO:            Representatives from the California Department of Veterans Affairs
Representatives from the California Department of General Services
Representatives from the Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise

 
BACKGROUND:            The United States Department of Veterans Affairs lists California as one of two states in “Great Need” for additional Veterans Homes.  The State’s voters, Legislature, and Governors all recognized this critical need and responded.  Enabling legislation (the Veterans Home Bond Act of 2000, AB 2559 [Wesson] of 2002, and AB 1077 [Wesson] of 2004) has made funds available to develop and construct new Veterans Homes in Lancaster, Ventura, West Los Angeles, Fresno, and Redding. These funds are the matching requirement to receive a grant from the USDVA State Home Grant Program, which provides the majority of the project costs.
 
The GLAVC project consists of three veterans homes, which will function as one unit.  These will be the veterans homes constructed in West Los Angeles, Lancaster, and Ventura.
 
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California Department of Veterans Affairs

 
ADVISORY

 
Contact: JP Tremblay
 Jerry Jones
Jaime Arteaga
Legislation and Public Affairs
916-653-2192
Fax 916-653-2611
December 8, 2006
 


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE