BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1003
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1003 (Wiggins)
As Introduced February 9, 2010
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :34-0
VETERANS AFFAIRS 9-0
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|Ayes:|Cook, Salas, Block, | | |
| |DeVore, Gilmore, Lieu, V. | | |
| |Manuel Perez, Saldana, | | |
| |Yamada | | |
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SUMMARY : Updates definitions referring to the Veterans' Home of
California located in Chula Vista, the Veterans' Home of California
located in Lancaster, and the Veterans' Home of California located in
Ventura.
EXISTING LAW :
1)Provides for the establishment and operation of the Veterans' Home
of California at various sites, and for an administrator for each
home or homesite.
2)Defines "home" to mean the Veterans' Home of California,
Yountville, and the Veterans' Home of California, Barstow.
3)Defines "administrator" to mean the Administrator of the Veterans'
Home of California, Yountville, and the Administrator of the
Veterans' Home of California, Barstow.
FISCAL EFFECT : No fiscal effect.
COMMENTS : The author has agreed to amend in references to the newly
opened Veterans' Home of California located in West Los Angeles.
Amendments are needed for this bill to avoid the perception of
conflict with AB 2309, which renames the Veterans' Home of
California, Chula Vista the "John Smith Memorial Veterans Home."
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 home system should be created. In
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1996, a home was opened in Barstow and 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, an additional
southern California home was made part of the Greater Los Angeles and
Ventura County project (GLAVC), enabling the addition of the West Los
Angeles home. The end of 2009 saw the opening of the Ventura and
Lancaster GLAVC homes. The third GLAVC home in West Los Angeles
opened June 14, 2010.
Military and Veterans Code Section 1010 defines the home when
referring to the veterans' home system as "the Veterans' Home of
California, Yountville" and "the Veterans' Home of California,
Barstow." This bill updates that definition to also refer to the
remaining homes which have been completed and are now operational.
Analysis Prepared by : Eric Worthen / V. A. / (916) 319-3550FN:
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