I have been going to the WLAVA Center since 2012. I have seen changes on the campus to felicitate the medical treatment for the veterans; however, very little has been done to increase the housing for the veterans. Centered at the entry to the hospital is the ongoing mass transit project; several large building structures, one looks like a several story parking structure, another a large storage building. North campus has most all of the housing building that are in need of renovation. Some seem to be in the process of needed upgrading. Parking has always been a major problem and construction of multi-story parking will free up existing parking areas for housing construction.,
Planning and max-usage of the grounds seems to be in process and the area design utilized to the best usage. I don’t have access to the planning; but as any major undertaking of this magnitude; time is necessary before the outcome becomes a visual representative of what is being done…
I am 84 and have viewed housing and commercial construction over 40 years, and planning a large project takes time and is like a chest game with moving the pieces for the best positions.
I trust the planners will publish the final layout of the grounds to the wonderment of us citizens.
This is exciting news!
I served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. My second shipboard duty was as the Engineering Officer aboard USS Lucid (MSO-458) a wooden ocean minesweeper. To support the war effort Lucid deployed multiple times to WestPac including my deployment in 1970.
Most people don’t know this. Long Beach was the home port for all ocean minesweepers from the 1950d to 1970s. Twenty-four plus ships.
We raised our family in Anaheim Hills. Our family is still in the area, so this location for the new Veterans Cemetery is the ideal long-term resting place for my wife and me.
I was engineering officer board USS Lucid (MSO-458) for its final deployment to Vietnam for interdiction and minesweeping in 1970. Lucid was home ported in Long Beach, California. Lucid wa decommissioned following its deployment and is now being restored by Stockton Maritime to be a museum ship.
Upon decommissioning, I returned to civilian life and career in the sales and marketing of medical devices. We raised our family in Anaheim Hills. They still live close by.The location of this new VA cemetery is adjacent to our home. It would be the ideal resting sight for my wife and me.
hello
I order direct to the VA THEY ARE IN DENVER COLORADO
JUST GIVE THEM YOU R MACHINE TYPE NAME AND NUMBER AND THEY CAN HELP
asap here is a number 877-677-8710 try them they can forward you to the proper person in charge of supplies
Placing the Service Officers on a Military Base is great but what about the veterans who are separated? Just how difficult will it be for us to access a base. What about when the bases are locked down due some type of alert.
Seems that those of us are SLO, if we don’t have a military retired i.d.
In the case of Army veteran Slade Douglas, who was awarded $6.8 million in January 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) played a central role by initiating the chain of events through what legal filings characterized as a “government-sanctioned swatting”.
According to court records and legal claims, the VA’s involvement included:
Retaliatory Reporting: An employee of the VA’s Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) allegedly made a false report of suicidal ideation against Douglas. This occurred after Douglas had filed a formal discrimination complaint against the VA with the President of the United States.
False Allegations: The VA contacted the LAPD to request a wellness check based on these manufactured claims, intentionally labeling Douglas a threat despite no evidence of a mental health crisis.
Destruction of Evidence: According to disclosures from the National Archives and Records Administration, the VCL intentionally deleted recordings of the phone calls from that day. These recordings reportedly contained the false suicide claims used to trigger the police response.
Inter-Agency Conflict: Douglas’s legal team argued that the VA used government resources to “silence” a veteran advocate. The lawsuit alleged that the VA’s actions transcended local jurisdiction, forming an inter-agency conspiracy that violated Douglas’s constitutional rights.
unfortunately, veteran law makers are sometimes the biggest clowns to fellow veterans. They look at it as they got theirs, so who cares for you…John McCain was notorious for being anti-veteran pro defense spending. He looked at veteran military pay as cutting into his DOD contract spending that he loved.
I have been going to the WLAVA Center since 2012. I have seen changes on the campus to felicitate the medical treatment for the veterans; however, very little has been done to increase the housing for the veterans. Centered at the entry to the hospital is the ongoing mass transit project; several large building structures, one looks like a several story parking structure, another a large storage building. North campus has most all of the housing building that are in need of renovation. Some seem to be in the process of needed upgrading. Parking has always been a major problem and construction of multi-story parking will free up existing parking areas for housing construction.,
Planning and max-usage of the grounds seems to be in process and the area design utilized to the best usage. I don’t have access to the planning; but as any major undertaking of this magnitude; time is necessary before the outcome becomes a visual representative of what is being done…
I am 84 and have viewed housing and commercial construction over 40 years, and planning a large project takes time and is like a chest game with moving the pieces for the best positions.
I trust the planners will publish the final layout of the grounds to the wonderment of us citizens.
This is exciting news!
I served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. My second shipboard duty was as the Engineering Officer aboard USS Lucid (MSO-458) a wooden ocean minesweeper. To support the war effort Lucid deployed multiple times to WestPac including my deployment in 1970.
Most people don’t know this. Long Beach was the home port for all ocean minesweepers from the 1950d to 1970s. Twenty-four plus ships.
We raised our family in Anaheim Hills. Our family is still in the area, so this location for the new Veterans Cemetery is the ideal long-term resting place for my wife and me.
I was engineering officer board USS Lucid (MSO-458) for its final deployment to Vietnam for interdiction and minesweeping in 1970. Lucid was home ported in Long Beach, California. Lucid wa decommissioned following its deployment and is now being restored by Stockton Maritime to be a museum ship.
Upon decommissioning, I returned to civilian life and career in the sales and marketing of medical devices. We raised our family in Anaheim Hills. They still live close by.The location of this new VA cemetery is adjacent to our home. It would be the ideal resting sight for my wife and me.
While I am not a disabled veteran, this is the very least we can do to show our disabled veterans we truly appreciate their sacrifice and service.
hello
I order direct to the VA THEY ARE IN DENVER COLORADO
JUST GIVE THEM YOU R MACHINE TYPE NAME AND NUMBER AND THEY CAN HELP
asap here is a number 877-677-8710 try them they can forward you to the proper person in charge of supplies
Thank you for bringing this up! We’ll address this point in the article.
Placing the Service Officers on a Military Base is great but what about the veterans who are separated? Just how difficult will it be for us to access a base. What about when the bases are locked down due some type of alert.
Seems that those of us are SLO, if we don’t have a military retired i.d.
I’d like to know what can be done to expedite medical needs
In the case of Army veteran Slade Douglas, who was awarded $6.8 million in January 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) played a central role by initiating the chain of events through what legal filings characterized as a “government-sanctioned swatting”.
According to court records and legal claims, the VA’s involvement included:
Retaliatory Reporting: An employee of the VA’s Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) allegedly made a false report of suicidal ideation against Douglas. This occurred after Douglas had filed a formal discrimination complaint against the VA with the President of the United States.
False Allegations: The VA contacted the LAPD to request a wellness check based on these manufactured claims, intentionally labeling Douglas a threat despite no evidence of a mental health crisis.
Destruction of Evidence: According to disclosures from the National Archives and Records Administration, the VCL intentionally deleted recordings of the phone calls from that day. These recordings reportedly contained the false suicide claims used to trigger the police response.
Inter-Agency Conflict: Douglas’s legal team argued that the VA used government resources to “silence” a veteran advocate. The lawsuit alleged that the VA’s actions transcended local jurisdiction, forming an inter-agency conspiracy that violated Douglas’s constitutional rights.
unfortunately, veteran law makers are sometimes the biggest clowns to fellow veterans. They look at it as they got theirs, so who cares for you…John McCain was notorious for being anti-veteran pro defense spending. He looked at veteran military pay as cutting into his DOD contract spending that he loved.