8950 Department of Veterans Affairs
Budget-Balancing Reductions
  • The Budget includes General Fund reductions of $1.8 million and 18.3 positions in 2007-08 and $19.4 million and 118.5 positions in 2008-09.

  • Lease revenue debt service has been exempted from the budget balancing reductions.

  • The major budget balancing reductions for 2007-08 include:

    A decrease of $2.8 million ($1.7 million General Fund and $1.1 million Other Fund) and 17.8 positions will be achieved by maintaining the census in the Memory Care Unit at the Veterans Home in Yountville at 40 members.

  • The major budget balancing reductions for 2008-09 include:

    A decrease of $18.7 million and 115 positions at the Veterans Homes which will be achieved by maintaining the Memory Care Unit at the Veterans Home in Yountville at 40 beds and by maintaining the Skilled Nursing Facility census at 180 beds; by offering private rooms to Residential Care For the Elderly members at the Veterans Home at Chula Vista; by postponing the opening of the Adult Day Health Care units at the Veterans Homes in Ventura County; by delaying the staffing for the pre-activation phase at the Veterans Homes in Redding and Fresno; and by removing the VistA component from the Enterprise Wide-Veteran Home Information System project.

    A decrease of $523,000 and 1 position will impact outreach efforts and local assistance to the County Veteran Service Offices.