It's a battle over how some of the most expensive real estate in the nation will be used. Veteran advocates accuse the VA in West Los Angeles of putting private interests over the law.
It's a battle over how some of the most expensive real estates in the nation will be used. Veteran advocates accuse the VA in West Los Angeles of putting private interests over the law.Navy veteran Michael Williams came back from the Gulf War decades ago but says he feels like he's still fighting.He showed us the tiny home he now lives in on the Veterans Administration lands in. It's a shelter he got after the tent encampment outside the VA gates incensed local leaders and neighbors.
He gave us a recording of a VA official who has since been reassigned, which – he says – shows as the VA is prioritizing private interests over housing. That official has apologized for not being more transparent, UCLA stands by the ball field insisting it complies with the congressional law, adding in a statement:
The VA's own inspector general has called that lease illegal. The school now lets veterans use the facilities and in a statement said: