♫Take Us Out of the Ball Game♫ - Part 3

Our baseball drama at the VA continues: From: KABC: After UCLA was locked out of its baseball stadium on the VA's West Los Angeles campus by a federal judge who terminated the lease, the university has come up with a proposal on how the 10 acres it rented on VA grounds for decades can be used primarily for the benefit of the military veterans for whom the land was originally deeded. The shutdown order was issued Sept. 25 after a court hearing in which U.S. District Judge David O. Carter voiced frustration at UCLA and other ex-leaseholders at the VA's West Los Angeles campus for not offering satisfactory uses for land that he ruled had been illegally contracted from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

...In a modified proposal filed with the court Thursday, UCLA said it would increase the rent it pays the VA from the current $320,000 annually to a total of $600,000 for the next 12 months. In addition, the university said it will continue its longstanding program of providing health care services to veterans at the UCLA Hospital and Medical School at little or no cost. UCLA also offered to cede at least 2 acres in 12 months -- and potentially more if necessary. UCLA said veterans additionally receive care from students at the UCLA School of Dentistry, UCLA School of Nursing, and UCLA Department of Social Work. The university contends that services provided to veterans are valued at $2.7 million.

...In its filing, UCLA argued that in 2016, Congress "expressly authorized UCLA to continue playing baseball at the site, in exchange for veteran-focused consideration that UCLA has not simply met, but substantially exceeded." ...

Full story at https://abc7.com/amp/post/ucla-offers-proposal-use-jackie-robinson-baseball-stadium-amid-lawsuit-veterans-housing/15401324/.

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Prior posts: https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/09/take-us-out-of-ball-game-part-2.html and https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2024/09/take-us-out-of-ball-game.html.