Report 2018-112 Recommendation Responses
Report 2018-112: California Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of General Services: The Departments' Mismanagement of the Veterans Home Properties Has Not Served the Veterans' Best Interests and Has Been Detrimental to the State (Release Date: January 2019)
Recommendation for Legislative Action
To protect the interests of the State and veterans homes, the Legislature should amend state law to require CalVet to promulgate regulations that define what types of short-term uses of veterans home property are in the best interests of the homes, including the interests of the residents of the homes, and to include in all short-term use agreements conditions that protect the State's best interests; prohibit CalVet from approving any short-term uses of the veterans home property that do not meet its definition of the best interests of the home; require CalVet to develop and implement a fee schedule for short-term third-party uses of veterans home property.
Description of Legislative Action
As of January 29, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2022
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken
Description of Legislative Action
SB 1177 (Jones, 2020) would have required CalVet to promulgate regulations that define the types of short-term uses of Veterans' home property that are in the best interests of the homes, including the residents. The bill would have prohibited CalVet from approving short-term use agreements that do not meet that definition. The bill would have required all short-term use agreements to include conditions that protect the state's best interests. Finally, the bill would have required CalVet to develop and implement a fee schedule for short-term third-party uses of veterans' home property. This bill failed passage due to adjournment of the 2019-20 Regular Legislative Session.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Legislation Proposed But Not Enacted
Description of Legislative Action
AB 240 would further require that each use of real property held by Veterans Affairs for a home by a person or entity other than the home be in writing and meet certain criteria, including that it provide principal and direct benefits to the home and its members and be appropriate to the home's nature as a long-term care facility. As of January 2020 this bill is in the Senate Inactive file.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: January 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
AB 240 would further require that each use of real property held by Veterans Affairs for a home by a person or entity other than the home be in writing and meet certain criteria, including that it provide principal and direct benefits to the home and its members and be appropriate to the home's nature as a long-term care facility.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: July 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Legislation Introduced
Description of Legislative Action
AB 240 would require that each use of real property held by Veterans Affairs for a home by a person or entity other than the home meet certain requirements, including a requirement that the use generates revenue by compensating for the use of the real property at fair market value.
- Legislative Action Current As-of: March 2019