For Those In Power Who Need A History Lesson
The Veteran’s Property was deeded expressly for the use by disabled Veterans and it is just too bad that others want to use it for other uses. We must support our troops and when they get home equally support them and not treat them with the disrespect our county showed veterans after Vietnam.
Here is the DEED. It says everything.
This Indenture made the third day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, By and Between John P. Jones and Arcadia B. de Baker, the parties of the first part and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, a corporation, formed and now existing under the laws of the United States, the party of the second part,
Witnesseth: that whereas by an act of Congress approved March 2nd 1887 to provide the location and erection of a branch home for disabled volunteer soldiers West of the Rocky Mountains, the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers were authorized, empowered, and directed to locate, establish, construct and empowered, and direct to locate, establish, construct and permanently maintain a branch of said National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, to be by such Board, located at such place in the States West of the Rocky Mountains as to said Board should appear most desirable and advantageous.
[COMMENT-THE GRANTORS DONATED THE PROPERTY IN CONSIDERATION THAT THE PROPERTY WAS TO USED PERMANENTLY AS A PLACE FOR DISABLED VETERANS]
And whereas, the parties hereto of the first part in consideration that the party hereto of the second part should locate, establish, construct and permanently maintain a branch of said National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on a site to be selected by its Board of Managers along the dividing line between the Ranchos San Jose de Buenos Ayres and San Vicente y Santa Monica offered to donate to the said party of the second part, three hundred acres of land, being a portion of said Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica belonging to them, the said parties of the first part, on which to locate, establish, construct and permanently maintain [emphasis added] such branch of said National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers..
And Whereas the Board of Managers of said National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in consideration of said offer have selected the land and premises hereinafter described for the purpose aforesaid, and have notified the parties of the first part of such selection.
Now, Therefore, in consideration [emphasis added] of the premises and of the location, establishment, construction and permanent maintenance [emphasis added] of a branch of said National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers on such tract of and, so selected, and of the benefits to accrue to the said parties of the first part, owners of the said Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica, presents do give and grant unto the said party of the second part, all the following described land and premises, situate, lying and being in the County of Los Angeles, State of California and particularly bounded and described as follows:
Commencing at a point on the boundary line between the Ranchos San Vicente y Santa Monica and San Jose de Buenos Ayres distant 6044 feet Northerly from the corner post on the line between the said Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica and the Rancho La Ballona, which post is the common corner of the Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica and Rancho San Jose de Buenos Ayres running from said point of beginning South 54-1/2 East 2780-2/10 feet to a state on the boundary line between the said ranchos San Vicente y Santa Monica and San Jose de Buenos Ayres, thence South 35-1/2 East along said boundary line 4385 feet to the place of beginning containing three hundred (300) Acres of land;
[COMMENT-THE GRANTORS CLEARLY GIFTED THE LAND IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FOREVER FOR THE PURPOSE OF A VETERAN’S HOME ON THAT PARTICUALR LAND AS THE FOLLOW PARAGRAPH STATES]
Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditamenents and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, to have and to hold the said land [emphasis added] and premises, with appurtenances, unto the said party of the second part forever, [emphasis added] for the purpose of such branch Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to be thereon so located, established, constructed and permanently maintained. [emphasis added]
In Witness Whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year above written
John P. Jones (seal)
By his attorney in fact, Walter Van Dyke (seal)
Arcadia B. de Baker (seal)
By her attorney in fact, Robert S. Baker
State of California )
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County of Los Angeles ) ss.
) On this 5th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight before me, Charles Worth, a Notary Pubic in and for said Los Angeles County residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Walter Van Dyke known to me to be the person described in and whose name is subscribed to the within instrument as the Attorney in fact of John P. Jones and the said Walter Van Dyke acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of John P. Jones thereunto as principal and his own name as Attorney in fact.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at my office in the City and County of Los Angeles the day and year in this Certificate first above written.
(Notarial Seal) Charles Worth
Notary Public
State of California )
)
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
) On this 5th day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight before me, Charles Worth, a Notary Pubic in and for said Los Angeles County residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Walter Van Dyke known to me to be the person described in and whose name is subscribed to the within instrument as the Attorney in fact of John P. Jones and the said Robert S. Baker, known to me to be the person described in, and whose name subscribed to the within instrument, as the Attorney in fact of Arcadia B. de baker, and the said Robert S. Baker acknowledged to me that he subscribed the name of Arcadia B. de Baker thereunto as principal and his own name as Attorney in fact..
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at my office in the City and County of Los Angeles the day and year in this Certificate first above written.
(Notarial Seal) Charles Worth
Notary Public
A full, true and correct copy of the original recorded at request of Grantee march 10, 1888 at 17 min. past 12 N.
Frank A. Gibson, County Recorder
By Frank H. While, Deputy
Please join our challenge of the Brentwood community leaders who, through the Brentwood Community Council, the Brentwood Home Owners Association and the Veterans Park Conservancy, feel it their right to “mitigate open space”, namely, the Vereran Home at WLA. These people have used 1/2 truth, deception by using the name of Veterans and political manipulation to get where they have. Further, the land at the Home is all but leased out to non-Veteran entities or programs that do not provide service that is 100% direct benefit to Veteran patients. It is not too late to undo all of this. We have authored a Declaration of Enforcement to save this land as it was intended to be but we need help, and we need it fast.
Comment by Francisco Juarez — February 17, 2008 @ 6:32 pm