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                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
                              LOU CORREA, CHAIRMAN
                                             


          Bill No:        SB 843
          Author:         Wolk
          Version:        As amended March 24, 2011
          Hearing Date:   April 12, 2001
          Fiscal:         No
          Consultant:     Donald E. Wilson




                                 SUBJECT OF BILL  
          
          Veterans Home of California  
           
                                   PROPOSED LAW  
           
           Update the California Military and Veterans Code (MVC) to 
          reflect the addition of newly constructed homes in the 
          veterans home system.
                                         
                          EXISTING LAW AND BACKGROUND  
          
          Change MVC section 1011 from the future tense to the 
          present tense.
             a)   Change from "when completed" to "there is" a 
               Barstow veterans' home.

             b)   Change from "when completed" to "there is" a Chula 
               Vista veterans' home.

             c)   Change from "when completed" to "there is" a 
               Lancaster veterans' home.

             d)   Change from "when completed" to "there is" a 
               Ventura veterans' home.

            e) Various grammatical and numbering changes for the new 
            list of homes to fit in the present code section.

          In 1884 land in Yountville was given to the state to 
          establish a home for Civil War and other veterans.  This 









          was the extent of California's involvement in veterans' 
          homes for over a century.

          In the 1990s it was decided that a formal veteran's home 
          system should be created.  In 1996 a new veterans' home was 
          opened in Barstow followed by the Chula Vista Home in 2000.

          Proposition 16 of 2000 sought to raise money for two homes 
          - one in Ventura and one in Lancaster.  It was later 
          decided the home system should ultimately be expanded to 
          eight homes.  Eventually, with the help of the Federal 
          Government, the two new southern California homes were made 
          part of the Greater Los Angeles and Ventura County project 
          (GLAVC) and a home in West Los Angeles was added at an 
          extreme cost of over $180 million or over four times the 
          cost of the Ventura and Lancaster homes put together.

          The end of 2009 saw the opening of the Ventura and 
          Lancaster GLAVC homes.  The third GLAVC home, Los Angeles, 
          was completed in 2010.

                                         
                                    COMMENT  
          
          1.  This bill is the same as last year's SB 1002 (Wiggins)

          2.  SB 1002 of 2010 passed this committee 4-0, but was 
          placed on the inactive file when it reached the floor.

          3.  This clean up language is needed to bring the MVC up to 
          date, but members may want to clarify with the author if 
          this vehicle is intended to move or intended as a spot 
          bill. 


                                     SUPPORT  
          
          None received

                                      OPPOSE  
          
          None received



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