For anyone still wondering what those in the Occupy Whatever movement want, here's a clue: negotiations between demonstrators from the Occupy Los Angeles protest and city officials have led to an offer of downtown office space and farmland if the protesters will abandon their camp outside of City Hall.

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Yes, Occupy LA has become Extort LA to the tune of a $1-a-year lease on 10,000-square-feet of office space near City Hall, land for protesters who want to farm and housing for the homeless people who have joined the camp.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, serious crimes have more than doubled in the area around the encampment including thefts at local businesses by the "Occupy LA people."

So now the city wants to reward these criminals with free office space, free farm land and free homes. Of course all those government provided goodies wouldn't really be free. The ransom to liberate the occupied land and avoid potential violence with police just trying to do their jobs would be paid for by the taxpayers. That certainly explains why a spokesman for LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was hesitant to comment on the proposed payoffs saying only, "We are in negotiations with organizers of Occupy LA."

But the attorney who has been advocating on behalf of the protesters wasn't so coy. Jim Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild revealed the details of the offer Monday night during Occupy LA's general assembly meeting.

Some protesters responded negatively to the idea, but that's ok with Mr. Lafferty who said he had "made it clear that there are some people who would want to stay and others who want to take that offer." He added that the offer will remain even if some "stay here and decide to get arrested."

In other words, even if the citizens of Los Angeles agree to pay the protection money, they won't be protected from a potentially dangerous situation.