HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01312003 - 99-373 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NO. 99/373
WHEREAS, there are an estimated 250,000 homeless veterans in the United States of
America on any night of the year, and
WHEREAS,there are as many as 7,000 homeless veterans in the greater San Francisco
Bay Area and as many as 15,000 homeless veterans in Northern California, and
WHEREAS,there are many more veterans who are marginally employed and are unaware
of or unable to access services which are available to them to better their lives, and
WHEREAS, the community services agencies and veteran service organizations of the
Sari Francisco Bay Area under the leadership of the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley,
the East Bay offices of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Centers and Operation
Dignity have come together to provide services to these honorably discharged veterans
and their families, and
WHEREAS,this provision of service will take place in Alameda County in the City of Dublin
at Camp Parks of the U.S.Army with the support of local U.S.Army Reserve Units and the
Regional Training Site-Medical (RTS MED), and
This event, called the East Bay Stand Down for needy and homeless veterans will take
place on September 30, 1999 through October 3, 1999 and serve 400 veterans and their
families.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT BYTHE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESOLVED THAT THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA endorses this event and recognize the worthwhile efforts
to aid those men and women who served their country but have fallen on hard times, and
Let it further be RESOLVED that the County of Contra Costa recognizes the caring work
of the Vietnam Veterans of Diablo Valley and all the other organizations, agencies and
volunteers involved in this worthwhile effort, and finally
Let it be stated and resolved to the needed and homeless veterans who will attend this
event,that the County of Contra Costa recognizes and thanks you for your service to our
country and supports your efforts at the East Bay Stand Down to break free of the needy
and homeless plight in which you have found yourself.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 2r day of July, 1999.
1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of
said Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seel of the Board of
Supervisors affixed on this 2r day of July 1999.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator
By-In
Resolution No. 99/373