High-ranking military retirees, including Admiral William McRaven, filed a brief criticizing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for neglecting homeless veterans in Los Angeles. They support a court order for the VA to construct thousands of housing units at its West L.A. campus. This includes 750 temporary supportive units and a plan for 1,800 permanent ones. Several veterans' organizations also backed the order, which the VA is appealing. The situation emphasizes the ongoing crisis faced by veterans in securing stable housing.
Several veterans groups separately filed a brief supporting the order: The Vietnam Veterans of America California State Council and four VVA chapters, the Amvets Department of California and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Carter also voided leases of large chunks of the campus to UCLA and the private Brentwood School. Under pressure from the judge, the K-12 academy agreed to a new lease expanding veterans' access to its 22-acre athletic facility.
The VA is appealing U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter's order requiring it to provide 750 units of temporary supportive housing on the campus within 18 months and come up with a plan to add up to 1,800 units of permanent housing within six years.
Retired admirals Michael G. Mullen, a former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and William H. McRaven, who led the raid in Pakistan, signed on to the brief filed with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a district court order requiring the VA to build thousands of housing units on its West Los Angeles campus.
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