The Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

On May 28, 2004, the Greater Los Angeles (GLA) Health Care System, a branch of the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CDVA) in which they partnered to develop and operate a 400-bed State Veterans Home (hereafter called the State Home) and two 60-bed satellite facilities on the West Los Angeles campus of GLA. 1 This agreement was a result of the GLA Healthcare System’s request in 2001 to be considered by a commission appointed by the governor to choose locations for future state homes. GLA 2 and the State entered into this partnership with the purpose of better serving veterans’ health needs through a uniform level of care and seamless integration of medical services.