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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Phil Batchelor T- -"' Contra
FROM:
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County Administrator
March 27; 1989 �`� County
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SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 1556 (Deddeh)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a SUPPORT position for SB 1556 by Senator Deddeh which
provides State funding of $1 times the number of veterans
residing in California up to $3 million, beginning in the 1990-91
fiscal year to be distributed to counties which maintain a
veterans service officer position.
BACKGROUND:
In its 1989 Legislative Program, the Board of Supervisors agreed
to support efforts by Veterans Services Officers to obtain
additional funding for their departments. Senator Deddeh has
introduced SB 1556 which appropriates up to $3 million statewide
at a rate of $1 for each veteran in the State. The money is to
be appropriated on the basis of the staffing levels and workload
of each county veterans service officer under a formula which is
to be developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
,Based simply on a straight per capita basis this County should
receive approximately $90,000 from the successful passage of this
bill. While the Governor has previously said that the position
of veterans service officer is a county responsibility, we
believe that the work accomplished by the VSO' s benefits the
State and Federal governments at least as much as the County and
should, therefore, be a responsibility supported financially by
the State. It is, therefore, recommended that the Board of
Supervisors indicate its support of SB 1556 to the author and
this County' s lobbyist.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X_APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON April APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED APR 4 1989
Gary Villalba, VSO
Senator Wadi e Deddeh PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Les Spahnn, Jackson/Barish SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY v DEPUTY
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