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New director at Chula Vista vets home
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/aug/07/chulavista-veterans-home-hepworth/?st
This is the Veterans Home of California, Chula Vista on Friday in San Diego, San Diego, California
New director at Chula Vista vets home
By Jeanette Steele
2:35 p.m.Aug. 7, 2014
Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed a new director for the Chula Vista veterans home, the 400-bed facility that recently got poor marks in health inspections and weathered an HIV scare due to spotty equipment sterilization.
Lael Hepworth, 39, will run the Chula Vista facility after a career that’s included positions at several senior care homes.
He has been superintendent at the Washington Soldiers Home, a state-run home outside Tacoma, Wash., since 2013.
“We are pleased to have Mr. Hepworth join our veterans homes team,” said Diane Vanderpot, California Department of Veterans Affairs undersecretary for veterans homes, in a statement issued Thursday.