8950 Department of Veterans Affairs
Infrastructure Overview

The Department of Veterans Affairs facilities include three operating veterans homes, five veterans homes under development, a state veterans cemetery, and two office buildings. The three existing veterans homes are located in Yountville, Barstow, and Chula Vista, on 547 acres of land, with 1.5 million gross square feet of building space. New homes in Lancaster and Ventura are expected to be completed by March 2009 and in West Los Angeles by March 2010, thereby providing an additional 55 acres of land and 465,000 gross square feet of building space. Homes in Redding and Fresno are in design and will reside on 52 acres. Veterans homes provide domiciliary housing for the state's veterans and are also licensed to provide four levels of care, ranging from assisted living to acute care. The state cemetery is located near Redding on 63 acres of land, and contains 8,523 gravesites and 7,800 gross square feet of building space.



INFRASTRUCTURE EXPENDITURES Back to Top
The following table presents total enacted fiscal year expenditures for capital outlay projects.
Expenditures Enacted
2009-10*
Total Expenditures (All Projects)
$222,322