8950 Department of Veterans Affairs
Infrastructure Overview

The Department of Veterans Affairs facilities include five operating veterans homes, three veterans homes under development, a state veterans cemetery, and two office buildings. The five existing veterans homes are located in Yountville, Barstow, Chula Vista, Ventura and Lancaster on 589 acres of land, with 1.6 million gross square feet of building space. A new home in West Los Angeles is expected to be completed by June 2010, thereby providing an additional 13 acres of land and 363,000 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 three levels of care, ranging from assisted living to skilled nursing. 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
2010-11*
Total Expenditures (All Projects)
$143,627