Overview
- The VA posted notices ending leases with Brentwood School and a parking-lot operator and revoking an oil pumping license on the 388-acre West Los Angeles campus.
- The agency says the actions advance President Trump’s order to create a National Center for Warrior Independence that could provide housing and services for up to 6,000 veterans by 2028.
- VA officials report leaseholders underpaid roughly $40 million annually, with Secretary Doug Collins calling the arrangements “fleecing” of taxpayers and veterans.
- The VA has petitioned the Ninth Circuit for en banc review of a December ruling that affirmed court-ordered housing mandates, reflecting ongoing legal conflict with Judge David O. Carter’s oversight.
- Brentwood’s athletic use continued pending talks with the VA, UCLA’s baseball stadium remains under a separate appeals ruling, and the VA is evaluating larger modular housing options with no final decisions announced.