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Veterans, advocates press Santa Cruz supervisors to reorganize and support the Veteran Service Office
Summary
Multiple veterans and former VSO staff accused county management of mismanaging the Veteran Service Office and urged elevating the VSO to better serve veterans; CEO reported meetings and directed an immediate reporting change for the new VSO and follow‑up meetings.
A coalition of veterans, former Veteran Service Office (VSO) staff and advocates took more than an hour of public comment at the Dec. 9 meeting to press the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on long‑running concerns about the VSO’s management and service delivery.
Speakers stressed that veterans depend on the VSO to access earned federal benefits, and they described staffing, management and access problems they say have emerged under current leadership. Dave Ramos, a veterans advocate, asked the board to separate…
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