California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire

16-11-2023 Business Washington Times - Business 28

The area under an elevated Los Angeles freeway that burned last weekend, damaging a section of a key thoroughfare in the car-dependent city, was stacked with flammable materials on lots leased by the state through a little-known program that now is under scrutiny.

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