Report 2018-112 Recommendation 4 Responses

Report 2018-112: California Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of General Services: The Departments' Mismanagement of the Veterans Home Properties Has Not Served the Veterans' Best Interests and Has Been Detrimental to the State (Release Date: January 2019)

Recommendation #4 To: Veterans Affairs, Department of

To ensure that its employee housing lease agreements are sufficient to protect the State, by June 2019 CalVet should revise its existing employee housing leases in accordance with the guidance CalHR has provided to agencies to protect the State's interests, including making sure that they include terms that fully indemnify the State against damages and require rental insurance.

60-Day Agency Response

CalVet has fully implemented this recommendation. All employee housing leases were rewritten and signed by tenants. The new leases reflect CalHR guidance.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2018-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.