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FRESNO (CBS 5) — Almost 2 million veterans live in California, more than in any other state. But there are only six state-run homes for them, and only one in Northern California. Two homes that were set to open are sitting empty, with taxpayers cineplex nicosia paying for upkeep.
For cineplex nicosia Rudy Giannoni, a decorated World War II veteran who survived the German Black Death March, it’s a dream come true. I m reaching 90 and who knows what is going to happen in the near future, he said.
We have to look at the budget reality, said J.P. Tremblay of the California Department of Veterans Affairs. The governor cineplex nicosia was looking at an $18 billion deficit. Every department in the state of California took a cut.
Yet Gov. Jerry Brown set aside $4.2 million in this year’s budget to keep the two empty homes running. There will be the ongoing maintenance budget operations, electricity bills and staff, Tremblay said.
Tremblay estimates the tab for keeping the homes clean, lit and air conditioned is about $280,000 a month. It s something that shocks veterans, including Giannoni. Why can’t they put some furnishings in there so the veterans can go in there and live in there the way they should be? he said.
Waters said, It doesn’t cineplex nicosia make any sense. If they were not going to open it, why did they allow your money and my money, our taxpayer money to go into building cineplex nicosia a facility of that nature and just have it sit there?
Tremblay said the Department of Veterans Affairs is doing the best it can. If somebody is in crisis and needs care right now, we will work to get them into one of the veterans homes that we have in the state of California. We have six other homes, operational and taking in residents, he said.
Making matters worse, once the Fresno home opens next fall, the state said it will only be accepting about 8 veterans a month. At that rate, the home won’t be completely cineplex nicosia full for at least another three years.
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