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Military Law

Oct. 23, 2024

Veterans win back the West LA VA Campus

The court's ruling aims to significantly reduce veteran homelessness and improve access to medical care, though implementation faces bureaucratic challenges.

Antoinette Naddour

Executive Director and Co-Founder , Veterans Legal Institute

Email: anaddour@vetslegal.com

Los Angeles, CA USA - May 30, 2021: Veterans Row where homeless veterans live in tents outside the Veterans Administration.

The West LA VA Campus spans approximately 388 acres, donated in 1888 for the purpose of housing veterans. Today, this mission is more urgent than ever, with an estimated 3,000 unhoused veterans in Los Angeles.

In the 1970s, the West LA VA began leasing land to private entities, which constructed a baseball stadium, an athletic complex, and other commercial facilities with minimal input from the veterans they were meant to serve. This development limited the space availa...

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