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Homeless Veterans and Transit that's Anything but Rapid
More than 300 acres of land on LA's Westside were donated for the use of American veterans. So why are 6000 veterans homeless while part of the land is used for commercial purposes?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenIn 1888, more than 300 private acres of land on LA's Westside were donated for the use of American veterans. So why are 6000 veterans homeless in local neighborhoods while part of the land is used for commercial purposes? We hear the latest in a long-running dispute that now has the Veterans' Administration facing a lawsuit in federal court. Also, 32 hours and 15 transfers from San Francisco to Los Angeles -- on local transit. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, what's next for the US in Afghanistan?
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4 storiesExhausted Jerry Brown Still Fights for a State Budget
Governor Jerry Brown took questions today at a Multifamily Trends Conference in San Francisco. Since he vetoed a state spending plan passed by his own party that, inevitably, came up. Carla Marinucci, who was at the conference for the San Francisco Chronicle , says the Governor's exhausted but determined.
Read the story7 minHomeless Vets and the VA
The number of homeless American veterans has dropped in the past two years, but Los Angeles still has 6000, roughly 10 percent of the nation's total, and a recent lawsuit says many ought to be housed on Veterans Administration property on the Westside of LA. Some 387 acres were dedicated for that purpose back in 1888, but since the 1960's, much…
Read the story12 minSF to LA via Public Transportation
"Transit nerds devise routes using dozens of bus or train rides to travel even short distances as a matter of pride." That's according to Joe Eskenazi, with San Francisco Weekly , who could not resist what he describes as "a 32-hour, 15-transfer trek" from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Read the story6 minPresident Obama Proposes Drawdown in Afghanistan
In last night's address to the nation, President Obama said there won't be peace in Afghanistan just because the US is withdrawing 33,000 troops by next summer. Peace will require a political settlement, including the Taliban. But, he said, the military effort has made that possible.
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