BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 10
Author: Evans (D), et al
Amended: 4/25/11
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/12/11
AYES: Correa, Cannella, Berryhill, Calderon, Negrete
McLeod, Rubio, Runner, Lieu
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 28.8
SUBJECT : Military and veterans: Veterans' Home Allied
Council
SOURCE : Veterans Home Allied Council (Sponsor)
DIGEST : This bill allows the Allied Council at one of
the California Veterans Homes to represent veterans from
those homes in front of the legislature.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the Veterans' Home
Allied Council pursuant to the constitution of the Allied
Council, Veterans' Home of California, comprised of members
of the home - as an advisory body to the Administrator of
the Veterans' Home.
This bill
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1. Allows respective Allied Councils for California's
veterans' homes to represent their homes in front of
the legislature.
2. Requires any representation before the legislature
by the council to be approved by a majority of the
council's voting members.
3. Prohibits any council representation on behalf of
candidates or campaigns.
4. Requires any actions before the legislature to be
in line with the council's "constitution, bylaws, and
policies and procedures."
5. Code cleanup of MVC section 1050.
Comments
According to the author's office, "Veterans feel that
better communication with the California Department of
Veterans Affairs (CDVA) is possible and necessary and that
in order to negotiate on their behalf, the Allied Council
must have clear authority to speak for Home members?.SB 10
would permit the Veterans' Home Allied Council to represent
veterans who reside in the Home in matters before the
legislature."
Veterans from the home maintain that due to the severe
conditions of some residents and/or the advanced age of
others that many-especially at the Yountville home, which
has several levels of care-are unable to have their voices
heard, and the only way to remedy this situation is to
allow the council to speak for residents as a body.
According to the author's office, "Veterans feel that
better communication with CDVA is possible and necessary
and that in order to negotiate on their behalf, the Allied
Council must have clear authority to speak for Home
members."
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FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (5/2/11)
Veterans' Home Allied Council (Sponsor)
OPPOSITION : (5/2/11)
California State Commanders Veterans Council
RM:rm 4/8/2011 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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