SAN DIEGO (AP) β Mayor Kevin Faulconer calls it “a huge step forward” that Gov. Jerry Brown approved an accelerated judicial review process for any lawsuits filed against the environmental impact report for a proposed new stadium for the Chargers.
Any lawsuit challenging the EIR must be resolved within 270 days of the city’s certifying the document. The city thinks it can open a new stadium by 2019 even if there is litigation on the EIR.
Says Faulconer: “The governor stood up for San Diego and that’s a very good thing.”
Chargers attorney Mark Fabiani, who walked away from negotiations for a new stadium in mid-June, disagrees. Fabiani says the 270-day certification “is unfortunately irrelevant at this point” and the “quickie EIR is fatally flawed.”
The Chargers are eyeing a move to Los Angeles.
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