VA’s illegal leases on West L.A. campus pose a tough choice for a federal judge
3 months, 3 weeks ago

VA’s illegal leases on West L.A. campus pose a tough choice for a federal judge

LA Times  

Years of litigation now comes down to a brutal choice: To make room for shelter and housing to get thousands of veterans off the streets, should a judge tear up the lease that allows UCLA to operate its Jackie Robinson baseball stadium on veteran land? As the plaintiffs’ case neared its conclusion in the sprawling lawsuit against the Department of Veteran Affairs, U.S District Judge David O. Carter wrestled out loud over what to do about leases the federal government signed for land on the VA’s West L.A. campus that was bequeathed more than a century ago for the use of veterans. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter and lawyers on Wednesday tour Brentwood School, where the pool, football field and other facilities are on land in West L.A. leased from the Department of Veterans Affairs. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, left, along with lawyers in a lawsuit alleging that the Department of Veterans Affairs has illegally leased veteran land, on Wednesday tours facilities leased to Brentwood School in West Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter is joined by lawyers as they tour the VA’s West L.A. campus.

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Appeals court extends stay of judges order to build veterans housing
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Appeals court extends stay of judges order to build veterans housing

LA Times  

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, right, tours Jackie Robinson Stadium on Aug. 21, 2024, in West Los Angeles. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has extended its stay of a judge’s order to build housing on the VA’s West Los Angeles campus, setting an expedited April hearing for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ appeal. The order issued …

U.S. appeals court stops work on modular shelters on the VA’s West L.A. campus
1 month, 1 week ago

U.S. appeals court stops work on modular shelters on the VA’s West L.A. campus

LA Times  

A rendering of modular units ordered by a federal judge to provide temporary housing on the V.A. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an emergency stay stopping work on the installation of more than 100 units of modular housing on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles campus. The stay blocks purchase of the modular …

VA appeals judgment ordering thousands of housing units built on its West Los Angeles campus
1 month, 4 weeks ago

VA appeals judgment ordering thousands of housing units built on its West Los Angeles campus

LA Times  

This rendering shows 32 units of modular housing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been ordered to build on the parking lot of UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs filed an appeal Friday seeking to overturn a federal judge’s ruling that ordered the agency to build more than 2,500 units of temporary and permanent housing …

VA must build more housing on West L.A. campus, and UCLA and Brentwood School leases are illegal, judge rules
3 months, 2 weeks ago

VA must build more housing on West L.A. campus, and UCLA and Brentwood School leases are illegal, judge rules

LA Times  

A federal judge castigated the Department of Veterans Affairs for falling short of its obligation to use the 388-acre West L.A. campus to “principally benefit veterans and their families.” A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build more than 2,500 units of housing for low-income veterans on its West Los Angeles campus. Carter castigated …

After half a century of grievances, veterans’ housing demands on West L.A. VA campus go to trial
4 months, 2 weeks ago

After half a century of grievances, veterans’ housing demands on West L.A. VA campus go to trial

LA Times  

American flags decorate tents at an encampment of homeless veterans along San Vicente Boulevard in Brentwood, Calif., on July 4, 2020. Carter ruled in December that the 1888 deed of 300 acres dedicated to the “establishment, construction and permanent maintenance of a branch of said National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers” created a charitable trust and that Congress, in adopting …

Veterans’ demand for more housing in West Los Angeles to go forward in federal court
1 year ago

Veterans’ demand for more housing in West Los Angeles to go forward in federal court

LA Times  

Concurring with arguments by several prominent constitutional and civil rights scholars, a federal judge has reversed himself and ruled that veterans can sue the Department of Veterans Affairs for housing they need to access healthcare and other VA benefits. In a far-reaching ruling, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter also found that the leases of portions of the VA’s West …

Veterans’ claims over misuse of the VA West L.A. campus may go to trial
1 year, 3 months ago

Veterans’ claims over misuse of the VA West L.A. campus may go to trial

LA Times  

Construction workers walk past Building 207, which is being refurbished as housing for veterans on the Veterans Affairs West L.A. campus in Los Angeles in June 2022. A federal judge has set the stage for a possible trial next year in a lawsuit challenging leases of land on West L.A.’s Veterans Affairs’ campus to UCLA and a private school and …

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