California Leading the Way on Veterans Issues
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation
English - November 16, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsGovernment News look west california assembly legislature assemblymembers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
California has more military bases within its borders than most states: a whopping 32 bases are in CA, some from every military branch. There are 158,000 active duty members of the armed forces in California. There are 1.35-million military veterans in California.
Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo is the new Chair of the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.
In the Northwest San Fernando Valley, Assemblywoman Schiavo co-founded an organization that helped secure housing for Veterans experiencing homelessness.
Assemblywoman Schiavo is the daughter of small business owners. Her father was a logger who became an electrician after two battles with cancer after exposure to Agent Orange while serving in the military, and her mom was a bookkeeper and managed the family electrical business.
Assemblywoman Schiavo lives in Chatsworth with her daughter Sofia where they love to hike in the Santa Susana Mountains.