A federal judge this week ordered a much faster timeline to add homes for unhoused veterans on the sprawling West L.A. VA campus, directing officials to add dozens of pre-built tiny homes before winter and hundreds by spring. It comes amid a brewing showdown between the judge and UCLA over his shutdown of the university’s baseball stadium there.
“This is an emergency. It’s as simple as that. It demands our attention every single day until we reach an agreement or an impasse,” U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said at a hearing Monday where he issued the new orders.
“I’d minimally like to see a start and break this iceberg, if you will, of getting some kind of housing in immediately for the veterans,” he added, saying he wants housing up before the rainy season.