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CalVet Brings Home Fifth Abraham Lincoln Pillar of Excellence Award

by CalVet | Feb 25, 2022

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Veterans Affairs received an Abraham Lincoln Pillar of Excellence Award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its Justice Involved Veterans Initiative. CalVet Secretary Vito Imbasciani MD accepted the award...

Some lawmakers want VA to issue at-home COVID tests

by Military Times | Jan 28, 2022

A group of U.S. senators is pushing the Department of Veterans Affairs to start providing at-home COVID testing kits to veterans for free, saying that individuals facing long commutes to medical centers or significant health complications may have no other way to...

Comments on West Los Angeles VA Draft Master Plan

by Larry Van Kuran | Jan 19, 2022

The currently proposed Draft Master Plan (DMP) for the West Los Angeles VA campus has been under continuous, detailed planning and close scrutiny for the past four (4) years or more. Recently, the plan was presented in detail multiple times to local Veterans in the...

Famed L.A. Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully is now the voice of a foundation building housing for homeless veterans

by Christian Southards | Dec 17, 2021

Ventura County-based Gold Coast Veterans Foundation announced on Dec. 11 that former Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully would be taking over as the voice of their organization, which is dedicated to ending veterans homelessness in California. Scully,...

GAO Review Supports VA’s Changes to Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program, Likely Ensuring New Policy Will Be Upheld

by Christian Southards | Dec 7, 2021

The Government Accountability Office released a report on Monday supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs changes to its Supportive Services for Veterans Families, or SSVF, program. As previously reported by California American Legion news, the changes...