It's not clear from the news article but it appears that UCLA is one step closer to be evicted from its baseball field at the Westwood VA. Apparently, we will know more later today:
The federal government has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the
Department of Veterans Affairs of misusing its sprawling West Los
Angeles health campus while veterans with brain injuries and mental
impairment slept in the streets, people familiar with the agreement said
Tuesday. Under the settlement, the VA will develop a master
land-use plan for the campus that identifies sites for housing homeless
veterans. Further details were not available. Veterans Affairs
officials did not respond to requests for comment. VA Secretary Robert
A. McDonald has scheduled an announcement at the West Los Angeles
Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon...
In its 2011 suit, the ACLU of Southern California argued that the VA should develop housing for
veterans on the 387-acre campus. The suit accused the agency of
illegally leasing land to UCLA for its baseball stadium, a television
studio for set storage, a hotel laundry and a parking service. It also
made a land deal with the private Brentwood School for tennis and
basketball courts. A
federal judge in 2013 struck down the leases, saying they were "totally
divorced from the provision of healthcare." More recently, U.S.
District Judge S. James Otero halted construction of an amphitheater on
the property...
Full story at http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-veterans-settle-campus-20150127-story.html
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