A STATE BILL WAS SIGNED INTO LAW TODAY, THAT PUTS A PROPOSED MILITARY CEMETERY ON THE FORMER FORT ORD 1 STEP CLOSER TO REALITY. THE BILL, AUTHORED BY LOCAL ASSEMBLYMAN BILL MONNING, MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR THE FORT ORD RE-USE AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING OF THE 14 THOUSAND GRAVE-SITE CEMETERY…. WHICH WOULD ALLOW LOCAL VETERANS TO BE BURIED CLOSER TO HOME.
AN ESTIMATED 100 THOUSAND VETERANS LIVE WITHIN 75 MILES OF THE FORMER FORT ORD, AND CURRENTLY THE CLOSEST MILITARY PLOTS ARE IN GUSTINE IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY….ABOUT AN HOUR EAST OF GILROY.
