BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2309
Author: Fletcher (R), et al
Amended: 7/1/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE : 4-0, 6/22/10
AYES: Denham, Correa, Negrete McLeod, Cedillo
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland, Vacancy, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 71-0, 5/10/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Veterans Home of California
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill updates the Military and Veterans Code
to rename various veterans homes operated by the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
Senate Floor Amendments of 7/1/10 recast the provisions to
accurately reflect the number of veterans homes in
existence.
ANALYSIS : Existing law provides for the establishment
and operation of the Veterans Home of California at various
sites, and declares that there is in the Department of
Veterans Affairs (DVA) a Veterans Home of California,
Yountville.
This bill updates Section 1011 of the Military and Veterans
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Code to provide that within the DVA are the following
Veterans Homes of California:
1. A Veterans Home of California, Yountville, situated in
Napa County.
2. A Veterans Home of California, Barstow, situated in San
Bernardino County.
3. A Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista, situated in
San Diego County. This bill provides that this veterans
home shall also be known as the "John Smith Memorial
Veterans Home."
4. A Veterans Home of California, Lancaster, situated in
Los Angeles County. This bill provides that this
veterans home shall also be known as the "William J.
'Pete' Knight Veterans Home."
5. A Veterans Home of California, Ventura, situated in
Ventura County.
6. A Veterans Home of California, West Los Angeles,
situated in Los Angeles County.
Comments
According to the Assembly Third Reading analysis, John
Smith's service to the veterans' community included working
with over a dozen veterans' organizations on the local,
state and national levels. In 1981, John Smith was one of
the original founders of Vietnam Veterans of San Diego, now
Veterans Village of San Diego, which serves to help not
only homeless veterans, but all of the region's military
veterans and their families through a wide variety of
outreach programs. John Smith was a Special Representative
for DVA, with Public Affairs responsibilities at the
California Veterans' Home in Chula Vista. Prior to this
dual assignment, he was the first Director of Volunteer
Services for the Chula Vista Veterans' Home. After
developing the Volunteer Services Department, he then
volunteered to take on the additional responsibility of
Chief Fundraiser for the Veterans' Home.
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The DVA has a mission "to provide the state's aged and/or
disabled veterans with rehabilitative, residential, and
medical care and services in a home-like environment at the
California Veterans Homes."
The Chula Vista Veterans' Home is located on a 30-acre site
off Telegraph Canyon Road, adjacent to Sharp Chula Vista
Medical Center, the Veterans' Home of California, Chula
Vista, is the only veterans' home located in coastal, urban
Southern California. Completed in May 2000, VHC-Chula
Vista is a 400-bed long-term care facility providing
options for domiciliary - independent living, licensed
residential, and skilled nursing care.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto,
Davis, De Leon, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,
Salas, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Swanson,
Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: De La Torre, DeVore, Harkey, Mendoza,
Norby, Saldana, Solorio, Torlakson, Vacancy
TSM:mw 7/2/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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