VVA CA State Council

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ANNOUNCES DATES FOR GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONIES FOR NEW VETERANS HOMES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
 
EVENT:      The California Department of Veterans Affairs will hold 3 groundbreaking ceremonies for the Greater Los Angeles Ventura Counties (GLAVC) project veterans homes.  Please note that the start time for the Lancaster and Ventura groundbreakings has been changed to 9:00 a.m.  The dates, times, and locations for these groundbreaking ceremonies are as follows:
 
LANCASTER
 
Tuesday,
June 12, 2007
9:00 A.M.
3101 West Avenue I
Lancaster, CA
 

VENTURA
 
Wednesday,
June 13, 2007
9:00A.M.
10900 Telephone Road
Ventura, CA

WEST LOS ANGELES
 
Thursday,
June 14, 2007
1:00 P.M.
800 Bringham Ave.
Los Angeles, CA
 
WHO:             Representatives from the California Department of Veterans Affairs
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Local Representatives

 
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.

California Department of Veterans Affairs

 
ADVISORY

 
Contact: JP Tremblay
 Jerry Jones
Jaime Arteaga
Legislation and Public Affairs
916-653-2192
Fax 916-653-2611
May 11, 2007
 


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