by Rikki Almanza | Jun 3, 2026
In a May 28 press release, the VA announced it is adding 220 temporary housing units for Homeless Veterans at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center north campus. On May 21, the department issued a request for proposals, or RFP, to build the units on the campus,...
by Rikki Almanza | Apr 24, 2026
The Los Angeles Times reported that nearly a year after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to turn the West Los Angeles VA campus into the nation’s largest center for Homeless Veteran housing, the VA’s plan is facing growing criticism over how it is...
by Rikki Almanza | Aug 7, 2024
“The Promised Land,” directed by Army Veteran filmmaker Rebecca Murga, brings to the forefront the pressing issue of Veteran homelessness, focusing on the West Los Angeles VA campus. The 388-acre property, which once housed 5,000 Veterans in the 1950s, now...
by Rikki Almanza | Jul 16, 2024
A federal judge has ruled that the VA discriminates against Disabled Veterans through its housing policy on the West Los Angeles campus, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. The VA outsources housing construction to developers who use tax credit financing, which has...
by Rikki Almanza | Dec 1, 2023
After years of legal battles, corruption trials, and a homeless Veteran encampment at the VA gates, The West Los Angeles VA campus may finally be ready to provide more housing for hundreds of Los Angeles’ homeless Veterans.NPR’s Quil Lawrence...
