VETERANS

• Support a Veterans’ Bill of Rights to provide for complete benefits to veterans;

• Insist that veterans and military families have access to medically necessary treatment inan appropriate facility as recommended by the treating physician, including the use of medicinal cannabis, where legal;

• Support the licensing of medical psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medications if needed to treat veterans’ mental health needs;

• Advocate that veterans in isolated rural areas have ready access to physical and mental health care services within a reasonable proximity;

• Demand that the government provide assistance to individuals exposed to Agent Orange and other toxins, including contaminated soils, in the course of their military service or as a dependent residing at a former or current military installation;

• Advocate for veterans involuntarily discharged based on their sexual orientation to be automatically upgraded from other-than-honorable discharges to honorable discharges without the requirement that service members request it;

• Advocate for veterans who received less than an honorable discharge due to mental health issues to be automatically reevaluated for an honorable discharge;

• Support the elimination of homelessness among veterans by increasing funding levels for temporary, transitional, and permanent affordable housing, and therapeutic facilities, using California’s state armories year-round, and provide resources to veterans;

• Insist that all veterans in need of housing services have access to services in the county in which they reside;

• Support tuition and fee waivers at state colleges and universities and state-funded vocational, technical, and trade schools for veterans of recent conflicts and support the implementation of legislation to provide a more comprehensive G.I. Bill for those who 46 have served on active duty since September 11, 2001 with a waiver of any student loans or obligations beyond covered costs;

• Support the establishment and funding for Veterans’ Courts accessible to all counties and encourage the establishment of Veterans’ justice programs; and,

• Demand quality services and support for veterans transitioning from active duty to appropriate post-service civilian employment.