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Vets Advocacy

@VATheRightWay

A non-profit organization facilitating transformation of the VA West Los Angeles campus into the nation's largest community for veterans.

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined August 2015
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“The fire broke out around 2:50 a.m. and burned across about 1.5 acres near the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs West L.A. campus before firefighters stopped its forward progress.”
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Brush fire breaks out in Brentwood as Santa Ana winds approach latimes.com/california/story…
Brush fires break out as Santa Ana winds boost SoCal danger

Brush fires break out as Santa Ana winds boost SoCal danger

A pair of small fires broke out Wednesday morning in Brentwood and Tarzana as officials warned of heightened fire danger this week due to Santa Ana winds.

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Brush fire breaks out in Brentwood as Santa Ana winds approach latimes.com/california/story…
Brush fires break out as Santa Ana winds boost SoCal danger

Brush fires break out as Santa Ana winds boost SoCal danger

A pair of small fires broke out Wednesday morning in Brentwood and Tarzana as officials warned of heightened fire danger this week due to Santa Ana winds.

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"The ruling shuts down another attempt by the VA to overturn the housing mandate. The agency could still ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case, though the court is not required to accept it." westsidecurrent.com/la_city_…
Court Blocks Latest Veterans Affairs Bid to Overturn West LA Housing Order

Court Blocks Latest Veterans Affairs Bid to Overturn West LA Housing Order

The 9th Circuit declines to rehear the VA's challenge, keeping court-ordered housing mandates for thousands of disabled veterans in West LA in place. Read Westside Current.

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#BREAKING Order to build thousands of housing units on the VA's West LA campus stands on appeal latimes.com/california/story…
Order to build thousands of housing units on the VA's West LA campus stands on appeal

Order to build thousands of housing units on the VA's West LA campus stands on appeal

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a federal judge's order requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build 2,550 units of housing on its West Los Angeles campus. A...

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VA homeless housing in West L.A. estimated to cost a record $1.25 million per unit latimes.com/california/story…
VA homeless housing in West L.A. estimated to cost a record $1.25 million per unit

VA homeless housing in West L.A. estimated to cost a record $1.25 million per unit

Twenty-four housing units costing $1.25 million each are included in the rehab of a historic building on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles disappointing veteran advocates who...

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Over a year after Trump order, lawmakers, advocates express frustration with lack of information on West LA VA project ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/pol…
Lawmakers, advocates express frustration with secrecy around West LA VA project

Lawmakers, advocates express frustration with secrecy around West LA VA project

On any given night in Los Angeles, roughly 3,000 veterans are experiencing homelessness

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In May 2025, Trump ordered a national center to help homeless vets. Where is it now? open.substack.com/pub/homeof…
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In a no man's land for law enforcement, hundreds of disabled veterans are moving in latimes.com/california/story…
In a no-man's-land for law enforcement, hundreds of disabled veterans are moving in

In a no-man's-land for law enforcement, hundreds of disabled veterans are moving in

As the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs prepares to build housing for thousands of veterans at its West Los Angeles campus, security has become a challenge for an unincorporated area that is miles...

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VA promise of 800 new homes on West L.A. campus this year shrinks to 260 latimes.com/california/story…
VA promise of 800 new homes on West L.A. campus this year shrinks to 260

VA promise of 800 new homes on West L.A. campus this year shrinks to 260

Veterans Affairs is calling for bids to build up to 260 units of temporary housing on its West L.A. campus, reducing its earlier promise of 750 to 800 units and delaying the deadline.

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For veterans, a place where peace can take root

For veterans, a place where peace can take root

Iraq war veteran John Follmer leads vet volunteers who are rehabbing a neglected Japanese garden on the West LA Veterans Affairs Campus.

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Trump pledged to house 6,000 homeless vets. His budget funds zero

Trump pledged to house 6,000 homeless vets. His budget funds zero

Veterans groups hoped a Trump executive order would supercharge housing for homeless vets. That hasn't happened, and veterans' advocates want to know why.

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One year after President Trump's executive order to build housing for thousands of homeless veterans in Los Angeles, advocates say little has been done. npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-581…
President Trump promised to house 6,000 homeless veterans in LA. His budget funds zero

President Trump promised to house 6,000 homeless veterans in LA. His budget funds zero

One year after President Trump's executive order to build housing for thousands of homeless veterans in Los Angeles, advocates say little has been done.

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Pests and crime threaten VA's efforts to expand housing for homeless veterans at its sprawling west Los Angeles campus. militarytimes.com/veterans/2…
‘West-side Skid Row’: Pests, crime, litigation plague plans for VA’s Los Angeles campus

‘West-side Skid Row’: Pests, crime, litigation plague plans for VA’s Los Angeles campus

Pests and crime threaten VA's efforts to expand housing for homeless veterans at its sprawling west Los Angeles campus.

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Illicit drug use and prostitution by veterans at the site of the National Center for Warrior Independence “threaten to undermine the success” of the major veterans housing initiative before it is built, a California lawmaker warned. stripes.com/veterans/2026-05…
Lawmaker warns that West Los Angeles veterans campus could become a vast ‘skid row’

Lawmaker warns that West Los Angeles veterans campus could become a vast ‘skid row’ 

While hundreds of affordable housing units have opened, homeless veterans continue to live in their cars and in tents on and around the property.

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Oversight requires visibility. Veterans and taxpayers deserve to know that the West LA campus is being used to effectively help veterans with the issues they are struggling with. Health Chair @RepMMM at today's hearing fighting to ensure VA is moving in the right direction 📺
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Full Committee Oversight Hearing - Expanding the Mission: The Future of the National Center for Warrior Independence in West LA veterans.house.gov/calendar/…
Full Committee Oversight Hearing | House Committee on Veterans Affairs

Full Committee Oversight Hearing | House Committee on Veterans Affairs

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House appropriators advance $469 billion spending package for VA, military construction stripes.com/veterans/2026-04…
House appropriators advance $469 billion spending package for VA, military construction

House appropriators advance $469 billion spending package for VA, military construction

The legislation provides the dollars for veterans’ disability compensation, pensions, education assistance, health care, insurance and loan programs.

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Trump's big promise for veteran housing is AWOL in VA budget proposal, mystifying vets latimes.com/california/story…
Trump's big promise for veteran housing is AWOL in VA budget proposal, mystifying vets

Trump's big promise for veteran housing is AWOL in VA budget proposal, mystifying vets

A 2027 budget released by the Department of Veterans Affairs calls for $500 million to rehab six buildings at its West Los Angeles campus but seeks no funding to build any of the housing President...

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Letters to the Editor: Here’s hoping the Wadsworth Chapel will be restored to its former elegance latimes.com/opinion/letters-…
Letters to the Editor: Here’s hoping the Wadsworth Chapel will be restored to its former elegance

Letters to the Editor: Here’s hoping the Wadsworth Chapel will be restored to its former elegance

'Our grandfather spent time at the VA in the 1950s for a surgery and temporary housing following the operation. ... Every time I drive along Wilshire Boulevard past the chapel, even now when it is in...

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