From the group's website:Since 1992, 14 acres of property located at 41st and Alameda Streets in Los Angeles have been used as a community garden. The land has been divided into 360 plots and is believed to be one of the largest urban gardens in the country. The City of Los Angeles acquired the 14-acre property by eminent domain in the late 1980s, taking it from nine private landowners. . . The City originally intended to use the property for a trash incinerator, but abandoned that plan in the face of public protest. . . In 1992, the City set aside the 14-acre site for use as a community garden. In 1994, the City transferred the property by ordinance to its Harbor Department. When it received title to the property, the Harbor Department contracted with the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank to operate the property as a community garden, the Foodbank has been operating it as such since then.
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