SANTA ANA, Calif. — This week, Representative Lou Correa (D-CA) and Young Kim (CA-40) led 18 California delegation members in a bipartisan letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs urging support for an Orange County Veterans Cemetery.
Despite being home to more than 100,000 veterans, Orange County does not have a dedicated veterans cemetery. This long-overdue effort would ensure Orange County veterans are properly honored and their family members have easier access to their resting loved ones.
“This lack of geographic equity has left Orange County’s veteran community underserved, despite their longstanding contributions to our nation’s military and public service,” the members wrote. “The proposed cemetery at Gypsum Canyon would fill this critical gap, ensuring that Orange County veterans have the same opportunity as others across the state to be laid to rest in their home community.”
In signing this letter, Reps. Correa and Kim were also joined by California Reps. Ken Calvert (CA-41), Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Jim Costa (CA-21), Vince Fong (CA-20), John Garamendi (CA-08), Darrell Issa (CA-48), Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Kevin Kiley (CA-03), Mike Levin (CA-49), Ted Lieu (CA-36), Dave Min (CA-47), Jay Obernolte (CA-23), Scott Peters (CA-50), Linda Sánchez (CA-38), Norma Torres (CA-35), Derek Tran (CA-45), David Valadao (CA-22), and Juan Vargas (CA-52).
You can read the full text of the letter HERE.
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