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State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg was a guest in the Chargers owner Alex Spanos' luxury box at a recent San Diego game. The legislator, who pushed through a bill to allow the NFL stadium plan in Industry to proceed, was reportedly there for a fundraiser, writes Michael Gardner in the San Diego Union-Tribune. (The Chargers have been listed as a potential candidate to move to Los Angeles.)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says there are "positive developments" in the Los Angeles area. "But now we have to figure out how to pay for it. And in our economic system, that is a big challenge. It's at least an $800 million stadium," he told the Associated Press.
The St. Louis Rams are the most likely to move to the future Industry stadium site because the team is currently up for sale and they have an opt-out clause with their Jones Dome lease after 2014 season, writes Peter King in Sports Illustrated.
Ed Roski, Jr.'s development company, Majestic Realty, has fielded requests to reserve the 176 luxury suites and almost 40,000 for the 12,500 club seats, writes Jon Wertheim in Sports Illustrated.
Heck, even the New York Times took up the news.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says there are "positive developments" in the Los Angeles area. "But now we have to figure out how to pay for it. And in our economic system, that is a big challenge. It's at least an $800 million stadium," he told the Associated Press.
The St. Louis Rams are the most likely to move to the future Industry stadium site because the team is currently up for sale and they have an opt-out clause with their Jones Dome lease after 2014 season, writes Peter King in Sports Illustrated.
Ed Roski, Jr.'s development company, Majestic Realty, has fielded requests to reserve the 176 luxury suites and almost 40,000 for the 12,500 club seats, writes Jon Wertheim in Sports Illustrated.
Heck, even the New York Times took up the news.
For an archive of NFL stadium stories, click here. Follow news on the NFL stadium in the LA-area and more on Twitter @jmswgnr. Suggestions for future links are welcome here.
With a week left in the legislative session, proponents of a professional football stadium in the Los Angeles area pushing for a relaxing of environmental laws may face steep opposition from Democratic legislators and run out of time, a state senator said Friday.
State Sen. George Runner (R-Lancaster) said Friday that he is open to expediting the environmental approval process for projects but an exemption from environmental law may be difficult with only days left in the legislative session.
"This is a difficult time to move that bill that quickly," said Runner, the vice-chair of the Environmental Quality Committee that oversees the California Environmental Quality Act, the environmental law that governs new development.
The proposed exemption's bill language appears not to be finalized and doesn't have an author, officials said Friday.
Billionare developer Ed Roski Jr. and his representatives from his company, Majestic Realty Co., met with two legislative leaders Thursday in Sacramento to pitch the 75-000-seat stadium in Industry as a job-generating project.
But it turns out Majestic and its lobbyists have been seeking an exemption from environmental rules holding up the proposed football stadium near the 57/60 freeway interchange, according to local officials. A neighboring city, Walnut, filled a lawsuit against the project in March, objecting to its environmental impact study.
Roski met Thursday with Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), which also included Maria Elena Durazo, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, legislative officials said.
Runner said he hasn't been approached by Roski or stadium proponents about the exemption. "All we know is that the discussion is going on," he said.
State Sen. Bob Huff (R-Glendora), who oversees the portion of Industry where the stadium is proposed, also wasn't approached by stadium proponents, said Huff's spokeswoman Junay Gardner.
Huff, whose wife Mei Mei Huff is on Majestic's payroll, has publicly supported the stadium.
Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Murrieta) was approached by "stadium proponents," said Hollingsworth's spokeswoman Melanie Reagan. It wasn't immediately clear with whom and when Hollingsworth met them.
Hollingsworth pushed hard for a controversial bill some critics argued would have benefited the proposed NFL stadium during the recent state budget stalemate. The bill, named after Industry, would have extended the life of redevelopment agencies for 40 years without having to prove blight as long as the state received a 10 percent cut of the property-tax revenue.
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, a Democrat from Los Angeles, pulled the bill after critics said it would help fund the infrastructure for the stadium project.
The legislature ends its session Sept. 11.
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State Sen. George Runner (R-Lancaster) said Friday that he is open to expediting the environmental approval process for projects but an exemption from environmental law may be difficult with only days left in the legislative session.
"This is a difficult time to move that bill that quickly," said Runner, the vice-chair of the Environmental Quality Committee that oversees the California Environmental Quality Act, the environmental law that governs new development.
The proposed exemption's bill language appears not to be finalized and doesn't have an author, officials said Friday.
Billionare developer Ed Roski Jr. and his representatives from his company, Majestic Realty Co., met with two legislative leaders Thursday in Sacramento to pitch the 75-000-seat stadium in Industry as a job-generating project.
But it turns out Majestic and its lobbyists have been seeking an exemption from environmental rules holding up the proposed football stadium near the 57/60 freeway interchange, according to local officials. A neighboring city, Walnut, filled a lawsuit against the project in March, objecting to its environmental impact study.
Roski met Thursday with Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), which also included Maria Elena Durazo, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, legislative officials said.
Runner said he hasn't been approached by Roski or stadium proponents about the exemption. "All we know is that the discussion is going on," he said.
State Sen. Bob Huff (R-Glendora), who oversees the portion of Industry where the stadium is proposed, also wasn't approached by stadium proponents, said Huff's spokeswoman Junay Gardner.
Huff, whose wife Mei Mei Huff is on Majestic's payroll, has publicly supported the stadium.
Senate Republican Leader Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Murrieta) was approached by "stadium proponents," said Hollingsworth's spokeswoman Melanie Reagan. It wasn't immediately clear with whom and when Hollingsworth met them.
Hollingsworth pushed hard for a controversial bill some critics argued would have benefited the proposed NFL stadium during the recent state budget stalemate. The bill, named after Industry, would have extended the life of redevelopment agencies for 40 years without having to prove blight as long as the state received a 10 percent cut of the property-tax revenue.
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, a Democrat from Los Angeles, pulled the bill after critics said it would help fund the infrastructure for the stadium project.
The legislature ends its session Sept. 11.
For an archive of NFL stadium stories, click here. Follow news on the NFL stadium in the LA-area and more on Twitter @jmswgnr
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