Jeffrey Powers et al v. Denis Richard McDonough et al

  1. November 14, 2024

    Judge Slams Gov't For Resisting LA Campus Housing Orders

    A California federal judge has told the federal government that it can't "resist accountability," rejecting a bid to stay court-ordered construction of housing for military veterans on a Los Angeles campus.

  2. November 08, 2024

    Judge Won't Pause Housing Order In LA Campus Suit

    A California federal judge has refused to pause his order requiring the federal government to put out contract offers for the construction of temporary housing on a Los Angeles campus that's at the heart of a class action filed by disabled, homeless military veterans who accused the federal government of misusing the property.

  3. October 24, 2024

    UCLA Strikes Out On Bid To Join Row Over Baseball Facility

    A California federal judge rejected The Regents of the University of California's bid to intervene in a class action filed by disabled, homeless military veterans who accused the federal government of misusing a Los Angeles campus that they claim was intended for housing veterans.

  4. October 08, 2024

    Judge Tells VA To Quickly Develop Housing For LA Veterans

    The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and experts picked by a class of homeless, disabled military veterans were ordered by a California federal judge to collaborate on plans for veteran housing on a Los Angeles campus.

  5. September 06, 2024

    VA Must Turn LA Campus Into Vets' Housing, Judge Says

    A California federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of a class of disabled homeless military veterans alleging that they're facing disability discrimination due to the lack of permanent supportive housing on a West Los Angeles campus.

  6. August 16, 2024

    Oil Co. Inks Deal Amid Vets' VA Campus Housing Suit

    Oil company Bridgeland Resources agreed to turn over one parcel it had leased for drilling on a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Los Angeles campus for affordable housing and to increase royalty payments to the federal government under a proposed settlement.

  7. July 15, 2024

    VA Campus' Income Limits Are Discriminatory, Judge Finds

    A California federal judge sided with a class of homeless, disabled military veterans on some of their claims in a lawsuit accusing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development of discrimination for failing to build permanent supportive housing for them in Los Angeles.

  8. June 24, 2024

    HUD, VA Want Early Win In Homeless Vets' Los Angeles Suit

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pushed for a quick win in California federal court against a certified class action that claims the federal government failed to build supportive housing on Los Angeles land for homeless, disabled military veterans.

  9. April 08, 2024

    Oil Co. Sues LA Homeless Vets To Keep VA Site Drill Rights

    Oil company Bridgeland Resources LLC defended its agreements to drill on U.S. Veterans Administration land in Los Angeles in an intervenor complaint in California federal court against a group of homeless, disabled veterans arguing the arrangement is illegal because the site lacks housing.

  10. December 14, 2023

    VA Must Face West LA Homeless Vets' Suit In Federal Court

    A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the Central District of California has jurisdiction to rule on a lawsuit from 14 homeless, disabled veterans in Los Angeles who are accusing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of violating federal disability laws by failing to house nearly 3,500 veterans.