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Public Interest

Feb. 3, 2015

Attorneys strike deal with VA to house disabled veterans

A class action lawsuit will be dismissed as a part of an agreement with Veterans Affairs to take back land to build housing for vets, but businesses with leases on the land might get the boot.


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES In an effort to put an end to a yearslong class action lawsuit, new leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs agreed last week to reconvert 387 acres of Los Angeles land back to veteran housing, but a new challenge remains: handling the fates of the building's current on-site leases.


Parts of West Los Angeles Medical Center & Community Living Center campus have been lea...

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