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Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva and Assemblymember Steven Choi Introduce Veterans Cemetery Bill

Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva and Assemblymember Steven Choi introduced important legislation that would allow the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) to design, develop, and construct a state-operated veterans cemetery in Orange County. AB 1595 would allow CalVet to acquire, study, design, develop, construct, and equip a state-owned and state-operated Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Orange County. Home to former Army, Navy, and Marine bases, and an estimated 104,949 veterans,