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CA AR104
Resolution
Status
Passed
6/17/2024
Primary Sponsor
Eloise Reyes
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AI Summary
- Declares the month of June as California Veterans Awareness Month
- Recognizes a 9-percent decrease in veteran homelessness between 2020 and 2022, from 11,401 to 10,395 individuals
- Acknowledges that 7.5 percent of California veterans live below the poverty line and highlights disproportionate rates of homelessness, suicide, PTSD, and food insecurity among veterans
- Notes that County Veterans Service Officers assisted veterans with approximately 261,000 claims generating $458,000,000 in awards during fiscal years 2022-2023, including $1,500,000 through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program
- Recognizes the Veterans Housing and Homelessness Prevention Program's creation of over 100 affordable housing developments with 6,389 units since 2014, and acknowledges implementation of behavioral health reforms and veteran service provider engagement
Legislative Description
Relative to veterans.
Last Action
Read. Adopted. (Page 5886.).
6/17/2024
Committee Referrals
Rules6/10/2024
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