HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011968 - 1968-290 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STAVE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Endorsing )
Proposition No. 1 on the Jute )
Primary Ballet to Provide Bands ) RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/290
for Continuance of the California )
Veterans Farm and. Home Program, )
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WHEREAS the States of California initiated in 1921 a
Veterans Farm and Home Program to provide returned California
servicemen and women with homes and farms on a long-term, low-
interest basis; and.
WHEREAS in thesat 45 years the State has loaned its
credit in the sum of $2, 0,0000000, to enable California veterans
to finances homes and farmer on a small-payment, low-cost plan; and
WHEREAS protection to the taxpayer and widows and orphans
of veteran contract holders has been provided through group life
and disability insurance; and
WHEREAS the Department of Veterans Affairs has so admin-
istered this program that all payments due on these bond issues
and all costs of administration of the Cal-Vet Farm and Home Program
have been paid without the use of one cent of tax money, while
creating a substantial reserve and giving California veterans the
opportunity to acquire homes and farms under the most favorable
terms available anywhere or anyhow; and
WHEREAS funds heretofore approved by the people will soon
be depleted by loans made and applied for;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUP RESOLVED that it doses HEREBY ENDORSE Proposition
No. 1 on the June ballot which provides $2000000,000 of Veterans
Bonds for the continuance of the California Veterans Farm and Home
Program,.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 1968, by the
following vote of the Board:
AYES: Supervisors James P. Kenny, James E. Moriarty,
Thomas John Coll, Edmund A. Linscheid,
Alfred M. Dias,
NOES: None .
ABSENT: Mane.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 68/297