The North Hills West Neighborhood Council has issued a resolution affirming its continued opposition to the New Directions plan that would take Sepulveda VA land away from Veterans and place it in private hands.
The Council informed various interested officials and executives:
To summarize our position. We remain unalterably opposed to the conversion of urgently needed medical buildings into a 149 unit apartment complex whether or not said complex is for Veterans only.
The need for medical buildings, care and treatment facilities at the
Sepulveda VA is growing daily and far outweighs the need for homeless housing in the San Fernando, Simi and Antelope Valleys. Refurbished and staffed for medical use, buildings 4 and 5 will house 300-350 Veterans undergoing treatment at any given time or treat 15,000-20,000 out patients annually. The proposed apartment complex will house only 147 permanently.
The current aging and disabled Veteran population and the tens of thousands who will be returning from Iraq and Afghanistan need, and are entitled to, medical care and treatment in their immediate area, not apartments.
Homelessness, as unfortunate as the condition may be, is not a medical healthcare condition.  We are opposed to the use of Veterans’ land, donated specifically for a Veterans’ hospital and medical center, for non healthcare purposes. . . .
Read the entire letter here.
Read the entire resolution here.