"I was hoping to celebrate my 100th birthday here. Then when I reached my demise, I was hoping to be buried here in Alameda,"
"After you've put in hundreds of millions of dollars, why are you now stopping this situation?"
"You expect people to fight your wars, come home missing legs, and then you tell them, 'No, we're not gonna give you something in the Bay Area.'"
"There is a process when a project like this is canceled. There are procedures you must follow - none of which were followed,"
Federal officials canceled a multimillion-dollar plan to redevelop the former Alameda Naval Air Station into a VA outpatient clinic and columbarium after roughly $400 million invested over a decade. The project had planned to serve about 280,000 Bay Area veterans and a 2021 environmental report found no major regulatory barriers. Veterans expressed heartbreak and outrage, citing expectations for local care and burial access. Local elected leaders criticized the VA for lack of explanation and alleged procedural failures. California congressional leaders demanded answers from VA Secretary Douglas Collins, but East Bay officials say inquiries have been ignored.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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