Report 2018-112 Recommendation 3 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 #3 To: Veterans Affairs, Department of

To ensure that it protects the State and the best interests of Yountville, by March 2019 CalVet should complete its review of the four entities that do not have leases and should begin either evicting the entities or obtaining lease agreements with them through DGS.

60-Day Agency Response

CalVet has fully implemented this recommendation. CalVet is currently pursuing an approved lease for the Napa County Medi-Cal office space through the appropriate leasing process. In the meantime, Napa County is not using the office. The Napa Valley College has agreed to vacate the Holderman building by July 1, 2019. The medical equipment contractor vacated the Holderman building on March 19, 2019. CalVet has asked that the union office space be vacated by July 1, 2019.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2018-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.