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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE*. January 5, 1987 County
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: Assembly Bill 148 ( Clute)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for AB 148 by Assemblyman Clute
which would increase funding for County Veterans Service offices.
BACKGROUND:
In 1986, Assemblyman Clute introduced AB 2759 and was successful
in getting it passed by the Legislature, only to have it vetoed
by the Governor. Assemblyman Clute has now introduced AB 148
which is essentially identical to AB 2759, which the Board of
Supervisors supported.
AB 148 takes advantage of a contention made by County Veterans
Services Officers that they actually save the State and counties
money by getting veterans federal benefits to which they are
entitled, thereby often keeping them off welfare and other forms
of State and local assistance. AB 148 requires the State
Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into agreements with
other State agencies which benefit from the efforts of County
Veterans Service Officers. These State agencies would make
contributions to the Department of Veterans Affairs which, in
turn, would disburse these funds to counties in proportion to
their respective workloads.
AB 148 currently has an urgency clause and would become effective
upon approval by the Governor.
This bill would enact a portion of the Board' s 1987 Legislative
Program and thus deserves the support of the Board.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; YES SIGNATURE;
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): l
ACTION OF BOARD ON January 13. 198/ ' APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X-- OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Q�/
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED
Veterans Services OfficerJ
PH BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Assemblvman Steve Clute SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY �, DEPUTY
M382/7-83