On January 5, 2010, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office collected $4.8 million for the sale of a 3-acre lot south of downtown that was never developed by Concerned Citizens of South Central Los Angeles (a nonprofit organization), with the lot never materializing into a soccer field/youth center for low-income families despite the grant of block grant moneys. The City had to file a 2008 lawsuit for breach of contract, with the lot eventually seized by the L.A. Unified School District through eminent domain. The city was awarded $4.8 million in the lawsuit against the nonprofit, consisting of the block grant money for the project and land appreciation for the site since 2008 lawsuit commencement. The City was also awarded $132,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
For more details on this story, see Louis Sahagun’s January 5, 2010 post “City of L.A. collects $4.8 million for sale of would-be soccer field” made on The Los Angeles Times’ website (Southern California region).