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Supervisors recommend CVSO resolution after debate over consultation and timing
Summary
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee advanced a resolution urging coordination for veterans services after a year‑long vacancy in the County Veterans Service Officer post; supervisors and the Veterans Affairs Commission debated whether an interim nomination was still necessary because a permanent hire had reportedly started June 29.
Supervisor Matt Haney asked the committee on July 2 to urge the city administrator to nominate or affirm a qualified County Veterans Service Officer (CVSO) and to direct a coordinated plan for veteran services during the COVID‑19 emergency.
Haney, who introduced the resolution, said the CVSO post had been vacant since May 1, 2019, and described outreach from veterans’ groups and a roundtable of veterans’ service leaders that raised alarm about the absence of a central advocate. "There are an estimated 27,000 veterans in San…
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