When transferring property by way of sale the land owner needs to state the price for which he is selling. If the land is not being sold, but is being given as a gift then the value of the property must also be disclosed.

Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by the automobile and its needs-by freeways, highways, garages, gas stations, car lots, parking lots. And all of it is blanketed with anonymity and foul air.

We think this report raised important issues about how public land needs to be protected.

Council needs to keep looking and keep encouraging as developers come forth. There's not an awful lot of land left, but that's going to be what we have to do in the future.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.