Declaration of Enforcement

Declaration of Enforcement


Manifesto of the Veterans, By the Veterans, and For the Veterans,
to Honor the Congressional Act of 1887,
and to Protect, Preserve and Defend the
Deed of 1888 and the Los Angeles National Veterans' Home

WE, the Veterans of the United States Armed Forces,

in order to form a more perfect National Home,

establish justice, ensure tranquility, provide for

the necessary healthcare, promote the general

well-being of our fellow Veterans, and secure the

blessings of respect for ourselves and our

posterity, do ordain and establish this

“Declaration of Enforcement” for protecting and

preserving the Land Grant Deed of 1888 and The Los

Angeles National Veterans Home. IN ACCORDANCE with

the Congressional Act dated March 2, 1887, and the

guiding principles and patriotic spirit of the Land

Grant Deed dated March 3, 1888, which was

unselfishly bequeathed and faithfully entrusted to

the United States Government on behalf of America's

Military Veterans, this “Declaration of

Enforcement” shall protect and preserve in

perpetuity, their exclusive and inviolable

proprietary rights to the Los Angeles National

Veterans Home, and said Declaration reconfirms and

reestablishes the following:
THIRTEEN ARTICLES OF ENFORCEMENT
ARTICLE I. This Declaration faithfully and

honorably protects, preserves and defends all land

conveyed under the 1888 Land Grant Deed and

guarantees its uncompromising and unconditional

preservation in perpetuity. Accordingly, this

deeded land shall be permanently maintained under

the same guiding principles and patriotic spirit

that it was so generously donated by the Grantors,

Arcadia B. de Baker and John P. Jones, which is to

establish and permanently maintain a National Home

to care for America's Military Veterans. ARTICLE

II. The Deeded land west of the 405 Freeway and

north and south of Wilshire Boulevard shall be

officially and respectfully called “The Los Angeles

National Veterans Home," hereinafter referred to as

the "Home." It is with full and absolute

understanding that the Home shall be permanently

maintained for the sole, specific, direct and

unequivocal benefit of America's Military Veterans

representing all official Branches of the United

States Armed Forces. ARTICLE III. The United States

Department of Veterans Affairs, hereinafter

referred to as the “VA,” shall continue to be the

authorized steward and fiduciary administrator for

the Home. Correspondingly, the VA's

responsibilities shall be to morally and faithfully

honor the Congressional Act of 1887 and the guiding

principles and patriotic spirit of the Deed of

1888, while simultaneously providing the highest

quality of medical, rehabilitative and preventative

healthcare services for America's Military

Veterans, and further maintaining the highest

quality of upkeep for the Home and its hallowed

grounds. ARTICLE IV. Specifically, the guiding

principles and patriotic spirit of the legal Deed

of 1888 and the moral purpose for which it was

unselfishly bequeathed, are inviolable and

non-negotiable. Accordingly, the Deed must be

honored in perpetuity without compromise.

Consequently, under no circumstances shall the VA,

or any other government agency or entity of any

nature or kind whatsoever, including but not

necessarily limited to, any elected

representative(s), hired or appointed employees,

agents, consultants or officials of the federal,

state or local government, lease, loan, share,

exchange, trade, auction, sell, encumber, or

otherwise reduce, diminish or dispose of any piece

or parcel of this land and its improvements,

including but not necessarily limited to, air,

mineral and petroleum rights, to any non-Veteran or

outside source(s) for any purpose(s) whatsoever.

Absolutely no term or condition in this Declaration

allows for the Deed of 1888 to be negotiated or

infringed upon that would advantage any other

parties other than for and toward 100% of the sole,

specific, direct and unequivocal benefit of

America's Military Veterans. ARTICLE V. Any and all

existing leases, sharing agreements, or any other

arrangements of any nature or kind whatsoever,

including but not necessarily limited to, land,

building, air, mineral, petroleum, or any other

considerations of any nature or kind whatsoever,

which are now in effect or existence, or in the

process of negotiation, that does not solely,

specifically, directly and unequivocally benefit

America's Military Veterans 100%, are null and

void, and in violation of the guiding principles

and patriotic spirit of the legal Deed of 1888,

including the specific purpose for which this land

was morally and unselfishly bequeathed.

Consequently, any and all such leases, agreements,

arrangements or considerations of any nature or

kind whatsoever, shall be terminated forthwith and

all rights and benefits shall fully and exclusively

revert back under the stewardship of the VA and be

permanently maintained to serve the healthcare

needs, rehabilitative services and general benefits

of America's Military Veterans. Any and all lessees

or sharing agreement holders, including services,

businesses, non-profit organizations or other

occupants of any nature or kind whatsoever, that do

not solely, specifically, directly and

unequivocally benefit America's Military Veterans

100%, must unconditionally vacate the deeded

property posthaste. This includes, but shall not

necessarily be limited to, the Wadsworth and

Brentwood Theaters, commercial office space, car

and bus storage lots, laundry services, oil

drilling and explorations, private school grounds

and all public parks of any nature or kind, plus

all other occupation and exploitations of the

premises that violate the integrity and legacy of

the Deed. In keeping with the guiding principles

and patriotic spirit of the Deed of 1888,

absolutely no term or condition in this Declaration

allows for this hallowed land and appurtenances

thereupon to be negotiated with any other parties

whatsoever, other than for 100% of the sole,

specific, direct and unequivocal benefit of

America's Military Veterans. ARTICLE VI. In

accordance with the guiding principles and

patriotic spirit of the Deed of 1888, the Home

shall be permanently maintained as a safe haven and

must always be considered "Home" to all of

America's Military Veterans. Accordingly, The Home

must be continuously and readily available at all

times for any individual Veteran of America's Armed

Forces to be cordially welcomed with the immediate

availability of professional and courteous medical

and rehabilitative healthcare services and

treatment. In accordance with the 1887 Act of

Congress, there shall never be a “homeless

Veteran,” because this is the rightful and legal

Home for any American Military Veteran who is in

need of shelter, healthcare or rehabilitation.
ARTICLE VII. The United States Government and the

VA shall never underfund the operating budget for

the Home and it must permanently maintain a policy

of mandatory funding in order to provide quality

medical, rehabilitative and preventative healthcare

facilities and services, including, but not

necessarily limited to, providing quality upkeep

throughout all of the land conveyed under the

guiding principles and patriotic spirit of the

legal Deed of 1888. It is imperative that the Home

be permanently maintained as the finest medical and

rehabilitation center in the world, which is a

small token of gratitude for the world's greatest

defenders of freedom and democracy. ARTICLE VIII.

Historically, particularly during its formative

years and for decades following, the Home had an

American Military Veteran who was also a

professional Medical Doctor / Physician as its

Chief Administrator, and was honorably and

respectfully called "Governor.” In keeping with

this proud heritage and to ensure that a spirit of

understanding, cooperation and camaraderie is

always present, the Chief Administrator must,

whenever possible, be an American Military Veteran

and Medical Doctor / Physician of high moral and

professional standards who is devoted to the needs

of the Veterans-at-large, and the rank-and-file in

particular, and is wholly dedicated to serving

their best interests first and foremost. In

addition, he or she must never be pre-empted or

distracted with the wants and desires of

surrounding communities, special interest groups,

and/or commercial enterprise, nor bow to the

passion and prejudice of political pressure and

dictates when it comes to permanently maintaining

quality healthcare and rehabilitative services for

America's Military Veterans, and providing quality

upkeep of the Home and its hallowed grounds.

ARTICLE IX. As originally envisioned by the

Grantors of the 1888 Land Deed, the legacy of the

Home is that after Dutifully and Honorably serving

our Country in the Military, disabled Veterans

lived on these therapeutical grounds and became

independent and self-sufficient while maintaining

upkeep of the Home through farming, gardening,

carpentry and other skilled trades that made them

proud and productive individuals. The guiding model

for the medical and rehabilitative services for

today's American Military Veterans convalescing at

the Home, where physically and mentally possible,

must adhere to a policy that maintains similar

self-sufficient programs and self-sustaining

activities, that are holistic in nature and

wholesome to the degree that patients will have the

equal opportunity to learn a rewarding and gainful

trade or profession, or how to become self-employed

as an entrepreneur, while being respectfully

rehabilitated. The VA shall immediately begin

providing full therapeutic value by expanding upon,

maintaining, and perpetuating the natural

environment, the flora and fauna, and, the gainful

inclusion of America's Military Veterans who are

patients in any and all restoration and maintenance

projects at the Home and throughout the grounds.

Whenever and wherever possible, America's Military

Veterans must be hired and contracted over any

other considerations of non-Veteran employees or

contractors. ARTICLE X. As steward for the Home,

the VA, along with the VA Greater Los Angeles

Healthcare System, hereinafter "VAGLAHS," shall

work in a cooperative alliance with a Veterans

Oversight Board, herein referred to as "VOB," and

made up of local Military Veterans that shall be

judiciously and evenly selected from independent

Veterans-at-large, Veteran advocate organizations,

and Veteran Service Organizations. Their

responsibilities shall be to oversee, monitor,

report and advise on the day-to-day operations at

the Home, thereby ensuring that the guiding

principles and spirit of the Deed are fully

honored, and that the VA and VAGLAHS are providing

permanent quality care and services for America's

Military Veterans at the Home. The VOB shall have

immediate, full and unencumbered access to the

operating budget and its day-to-day expenditures to

ensure that there is no waste, neglect, or fraud.

In the event of unresolved issues that would upset

the sanctity, quietude and general flow of

rehabilitative efforts at the Home, the VOB will

have direct and immediate reporting access to the

offices of the Inspector General, and all Senators

and Congresspersons whose responsibilities are

extended for the stewardship and oversight of this

hallowed land. ARTICLE XI. In brief, the sanctity

and integrity of the Home must never be

compromised. This is historic and revered land with

a century-old proud tradition and it must be

perpetually honored, protected, preserved and

maintained with the highest regard and the utmost

of safety, dignity, respect and decorum.

Accordingly, all public access and thoroughfares

shall be immediately terminated and thereafter

prohibited on and throughout the grounds of the

Home, and nobody except America's Military

Veterans, VA employees, and those on official

Veterans business shall be authorized to enter

these hallowed grounds. Correspondingly, a

guardhouse shall be erected at each entry into the

grounds and a sentinel or federal police shall be

posted to monitor and facilitate ingress and egress

of the Home. ARTICLE XII. The Deeded land east of

the 405 freeway shall be officially and

respectfully called "The Los Angeles National

Veterans Cemetery," herein referred to as the

"Cemetery." Because of its near full capacity, the

Cemetery no longer accepts ground burials for

America's Military Veterans. Therefore, in order to

continue honoring the remains of America's Military

Veterans, the VA shall design, develop and maintain

a Veteran's Memorial Columbarium for ashes in

cremation urns in a location of serenity, dignity

and decorum. At no time shall any land at the Home

ever be declared, “excess,” as any such land shall

then be converted into Cemetery burial plots.

Accordingly, the VA shall diligently seek to expand

the Cemetery burial grounds along with mausoleum

entombment wherever possible, including all Deeded

grounds west of the 405 Freeway, if any portions of

that land are no longer occupied, or required for

medical, rehabilitative or preventative healthcare

services. ARTICLE XIII. This Declaration of

Enforcement shall supersede any and all previous

Congressional Documents of Legislation pertaining

to the interpretation of, and adherence to, the

Congressional Act of 1887 and the Deed of 1888.

Contrary to previous and ongoing

misinterpretations, misconceptions and flagrant

violations, the guiding principles and patriotic

spirit of the legal Deed have always been, are now,

and shall always remain, morally and patriotically

inviolable. Furthermore, there shall be no other

Congressional or Senatorial bills or pieces of

legislation attached to this Veterans' Declaration,

nor shall this Declaration be attached to any other

Congressional or Senatorial bill or document for

endorsement and enforcement. More specifically,

this Declaration shall stand independent on its own

merit with absolutely no conditions, compromises,

provisions, modifications or amendments, except for

implementing further considerations that will

greatly improve and enhance the sole, specific,

direct and unequivocal benefit of America's

Military Veterans.
So Declared on the Third Day of the Twelfth Month

in the Year Two Thousand Seven
In Honor of This Unified Alliance of Fellow

Veterans of the United States Armed Forces: Robert

L. Rosebrock – Francisco Juarez
Co-Directors, We, the Veterans
Agreed
Ray Delgado Dave Culmer
Pete Ramirez Richard H. Breithaupt
Joe Romo John L. Stamatiades
Michael V. Sedano Richard H. Herkert
Gilberto (Gil) Flores Gilbert Sanchez Lujan
T. Steven Palmer Bruce A. Jones
David Bischoff Ernie Hilger
Luis Rivera Ralph P. Cingo
Walter Martin Mario Trillo
Newton Young Larry Cardenas
Bob Handy Steve Crandall
Rudy Garcia Robert Sigala
Daniel Overmyer David Plumb