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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Seems the UCLA dispute about VA property rental may be continuing

Remember the dispute between the VA and UCLA over rental of a baseball field on VA property? The lease was eventually renegotiated. But it appears, that may not be the final event:

From the LA Times: “The investigation pointed out things we’ve been saying for years: UCLA had a sweetheart lease...,” said former Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver, who long lobbied for veteran housing on the property... The audit also found that lease rates the VA renegotiated with the city of L.A.’s Barrington Park ballfields and dog park, UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium and the Brentwood School athletic complex were lower than the appraised rental values — of $2.7 million each for UCLA and the Brentwood School...

Excerpt from http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-va-lease-audit-20181005-story.html

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