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Environmental

Sep. 6, 2012

Group files lawsuit to challenge pro-stadium law in LA

A group calling itself the Play Fair for Farmers Field Coalition and four citizens have filed a complaint challenging the constitutionality of legislation that allows expedited court review of challenges to a proposed football stadium in downtown Los Angeles.

By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A group calling itself the Play Fair for Farmers Field Coalition and four citizens have filed a complaint challenging the constitutionality of legislation that allows expedited court review of challenges to a proposed football stadium in downtown Los Angeles.

AB 292, which was signed into law last year, pushes any lawsuits challenging the Farmers Field stadium's compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act straigh...

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