by Christian Southards | Feb 21, 2023
Our fourth February 2023 roundup covers new veterans legislation as well as new VA agreements aimed at further increasing the department’s ability to tackle PACT Act benefits claims. Readers can also submit veterans news stories to...
by Christian Southards | Feb 13, 2023
New housing developments for low-income veterans, an update on Veterans Village of San Diego, and a call for Honor Guard volunteers in Kern County make up our third California veterans news roundup for February 2023. Readers can also submit veterans news stories to...
by Christian Southards | Jan 16, 2023
California veterans news for the third week of January, 2023. Readers can submit veterans news stories to southards.calegion@gmail.com. Happy Martin Luther King Day...
by Christian Southards | Apr 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor announced April 1 that national veterans unemployment in March was down nearly five percent from 2021, and likely decreased in California as well. For context, California veterans unemployment was at its lowest rate in 2018 at 2.7 percent,...
by Christian Southards | Mar 19, 2022
On March 17, the city of Merced in Central California announced that the Department of Housing and Community Development awarded $4.42 million to the city’s fund for building shelters for veterans who are either homeless or at risk for homelessness. The new funds will...
