{"id":3285,"date":"2020-06-07T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2020-06-06T22:19:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T05:19:35","slug":"senator-grove-applauds-rejection-of-barstow-veterans-home-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3285","title":{"rendered":"Senator Grove Applauds Rejection of Barstow Veterans Home Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO\u00a0– Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove<\/a>\u00a0(R-Bakersfield) released the following statement after the California Legislature’s proposed 2020-2021 budget rejected a proposal from the Governor to close the California Veterans Home in Barstow:<\/p>\n

“Our veterans who fought for our freedoms deserve support and respect. I am grateful that members of both Legislative houses heard the pleas from our community and rejected the governor’s proposal to close the facility and relocate our veterans. I will continue to fight to ensure this critical facility remains open in the long-run for veterans in our community,” said Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove.<\/p>\n

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The Governor’s May Revision proposal included the closure of this veterans home as a solution to close the gap for the state’s $54 billion budget deficit. The closure of the Barstow Veterans Home would only have initially saved the state $400,000 and displaced nearly 200 veterans who would be forced to relocate to other communities. In May, Leader Grove joined with other members of the State Legislature in delivering a letter to Governor Newsom in urging him to keep the Barstow Veterans Home. Read letter here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SACRAMENTO\u00a0– Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove\u00a0(R-Bakersfield) released the following statement after the California Legislature’s proposed 2020-2021 budget rejected a proposal from the Governor to close the California Veterans Home in Barstow: “Our veterans who fought for our freedoms deserve support and respect. 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