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Rep. Correa Leads Effort to Spur State to Accept $10 M Grant for Vets Cemetery

Correa is pressing California to accept funding for a planned Orange County veterans cemetery.

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This article1 analysis · Oct 5, 2026
Sep 25, 2026
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Rep. J. Luis Correa urged Gov. Gavin Newsom to accept a $10 million grant for a planned veterans cemetery in Anaheim, warning that the funding could lapse if the state does not act by year’s end. Local officials also voiced support for the project.

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J. Luis Correa
D · CA-46

Urged the governor to accept the grant for the planned veterans cemetery.

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Ken Calvert
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Supported the cemetery and serves on the subcommittee that secured the funding.

ALSO MENTIONED  Avelino Valencia, Assembly member who signed Correa’s letter.; Don Wagner, Orange County supervisor who urged the state to take possession of the property and warned that replacing the grant would be difficult.; Gavin Newsom, Governor asked by Correa to ensure the state accepts the grant.; Sharon Quirk-Silva, Assembly member who signed Correa’s letter.; Tom Umberg, State senator who signed Correa’s letter.

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