Figure 1
There Are Many Leased Spaces at the Yountville Veterans Home
Figure 1 is a color-coded map that depicts the Yountville veterans home and the location of the leased spaces. Red boxes indicate the locations of the leased spaces at Yountville. Yellow boxes indicate the locations of the entities occupying space without a lease at Yountville. Blue boxes indicate the locations of the employee housing at Yountville.
Figure 2
We Question Whether Some of the Leases Are in the Best Interests of the Yountville Veterans Home
Figure 2 is color-coded and depicts aspects of four leases that make us question whether they are in the best interests of Yountville. Blue boxes indicate leases that violate state law by exceeding the 5-year limit, including the swimming pool, Lincoln theater, museum, and firefighter training facility. Green boxes indicate leases that limit the State's ability to terminate the lease, including the swimming pool, Lincoln theater, and museum. Red boxes indicate leases that do not provide services that fulfill an apparent need of the veteran residents, including the swimming pool, Lincoln theater, museum, and firefighter training facility.
Figure 3
Four Entities Occupied Space at Yountville Without Written Lease Agreements
Figure 3 is four photographs of the signs posted outside of the locations occupied by the entities without leases. Those entities are Napa County Health and Human Services, Meditek, Napa Valley College, and SEIU.
Figure 4
Yountville’s Employee Housing Leases Do Not Adequately Protect the State From Legal and Financial Liability
Figure 4 depicts aspects of Yountville's employee housing leases that do not adequately protect the State from legal and financial liability. Of the 10 employee housing leases reviewed, all of them limit the State's ability to enter the property; 9 leases lack clauses to protect the State from liability; 9 leases lack a requirement for renter's insurance; and 4 of the leases allow tenants to make some alterations to the property without obtaining permission from CalVet.
Figure 5
Yountville’s Deputy Administrator Used Her Position to Receive Inappropriate Housing Benefits
Figure 5 depicts how a deputy administrator used her position to receive inappropriate housing benefits including simultaneously occupying two housing units without signing a lease for this arrangement, paying a rental rate about $300 below fair market value, and renovating a separate housing duplex for her family at the State's expense. On May 15, 2018, CalVet headquarters prohibited home administrators from approving employee housing units. That evening the deputy administration directed the state asset manager to develop a lease formalizing her questionable housing arrangement and had him backdate the lease to May 1, 2018, which was before CalVet's prohibition. The resulting lease established a rental rate that was below fair market value by $800 per month.
Figure 6
The Veterans Homes Have Not Received a Significant Amount of Funding Because CalVet and DGS Failed to Properly Manage Rental Payments
Figure 6 depicts $101,000 in rent that CalVet failed to collect from the convenience store and golf course and $509,000 in rent that CalVet and DGS did not properly direct to the veterans homes for a total of $610,000 in forgone veterans home funding.
Figure 7
CalVet’s Poor Oversight of Yountville’s Employee Housing Allowed Employees to Reside in Employee Housing Without Paying Market Rent
Figure 7 depicts potential lost rent due to CalVet's poor oversight of Yountville's employee housing, which allowed employees to reside in employees housing without paying market rent. The 2018 annual fair market rent, assuming full occupancy of habitable units, was $284,000. The annual rent, which is based on the 2013 appraisals Calvet used to set rental rates for housing as of July 2018, is $132,000. The difference between the 2018 annual fair market rent and annual rent as of July 2018 results in a potential lost rent of $152,000 if CalVet makes no change to employee rental rates.
Figure 8
CalVet Failed to Properly Manage Third Parties’ Use of Veterans Home Property for Events
Figure 8 depicts examples that highlight CalVet's failure to properly manage third parties' use of veterans home property for events. CalVet headquarters was unaware that events such as a film festival and fun runs were happening on its property without written agreements. CalVet did not always require written agreements to protect the State from liability. CalVet charged different fees for a similar use of property by different organizations. For example, a fee ranged from $0 to $4,700 for a single-day cycling event.
Figure 9
CalVet Headquarters Was Not Aware Until 2016 That Hot Air Balloons Were Launched From the Golf Course Despite the Spectacle the Balloon Launches Create
Figure 9 depicts the photos taken of hot air balloons launching from the leased golf course during a visit to the Yountville veterans home.