A decade ago, California’s political apparatus finally recognized a yawning achievement gap in its public schools, separating poor and English-learner students from their more privileged classmates. While overall, California’s nearly 6 million K-12 students were not faring very well in state and federal tests of academic achievement, the shortcomings were particularly evident among Latino and […]
A federal judge has denied a motion by the Department of Veterans Affairs seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by veterans who are demanding more housing and to invalidate leases of the West Los Angeles VA campus to UCLA and a private school.
U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, in a ruling Thursday, described housing needs as urgent, stating the number of homeless veterans has tripled since an earlier lawsuit brought against the VA was settled in 2015 yet failed to yield adequate results.
Federal judge David O. Carter says he wants the VA’s West L.A. campus to dramatically increase the housing available for veterans to include space for about 4,000 people.