Owner's Rights Important In L.A.'s Community Garden Dispute

Los Angeles Times editorial supports property rights in a dispute between a landowner and a group that has created a sustainable community garden in Los Angeles' South Central area.

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March 13, 2006, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


"It would be nice if the South Central Community Garden, an island of lush kitchen crops covering 14 acres amid the industrial warehouses, packing plants and junkyards that stretch for miles in a seemingly endless sweep along Alameda Street. It would be nice if the owner of the land, Ralph Horowitz, agreed to sell the property back to the city or a third party rather than insist on plowing under the greenery to build yet another warehouse...There are lots of things that would be nice. But the land belongs to Horowitz, and he has every right to kick out the people who have been squatting there for more than a decade...Not that this case is simple. It's a mess..."

Saturday, March 11, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times

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