The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has said it plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision to have the department foot the bill for building emergency veteran housing at the West L.A. campus.
Brad Rosenberg, the department’s attorney, said in court Friday that the appeal will be filed next week. Part of it will argue that the payment will cause irreparable harm to the V.A.’s funding.
But U.S. District Judge David O. Carter said that for now, the construction must continue.
“Until I get a stay from the Ninth Circuit, we go forward,” he said, adding that he wants quick work to bring veterans indoors before the rainy season.
On Sept. 6, Carter ruled on a lawsuit on behalf of veterans with disabilities, issuing two emergency orders to speed up the creation of temporary “modular” housing on the campus — essentially, tiny homes that are built ahead of time in factories.