♫Take Us Out of the Ball Game♫ - Part 9 (Nobody knows)

From the LA Times: President Trump’s executive order calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to house thousands of homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus by the end of his term promises the relief veterans have been seeking in federal court for more than a decade. But the May 9 order gave no insight into how the president planned to overcome hurdles that have long stymied the dream of a vibrant veteran community on the 388-acre property, which was donated to the U.S. government in 1888 as a home for disabled soldiers.

Trump’s order called for establishing a National Center for Warrior Independence — with the capacity to house about 6,000 — “in which homeless veterans in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and around the nation can seek and receive the care, benefits, and services to which they are entitled.” ...Trump’s order implies, but again does not explicitly say, that the VA could reclaim land leased to UCLA [for baseball] and the private Brentwood School for athletic facilities...

The timeline would not be so realistic, said Anthony Allman, executive director of Vets Advocacy, a nonprofit created to monitor the settlement of the first lawsuit. To build 6,000 new units, or even 1,800, by 2028 using the same financing model would far exceed the VA’s capacity based on its past performance, he said. But that’s not what he thinks the order requires. Allman sees another possible interpretation of the order would bear less on land use and financing and instead require a shift in the VA’s housing strategy. “As I read the executive order, it’s not 6,000 units, it’s 6,000 veterans being served by 2028,” Allman said...

Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-15/trumps-order-to-create-housing-for-6-000-homeless-veterans.