It’s beginning to look like an NFL return to Los Angeles within the next two years is but a formality as the City of Industry Planning Commission has approved developer Ed Roski’s plan for a privately financed stadium and retail complex. The plan is now set to go before the Industry City Council in two weeks, where it will likely be approved. I wrote in greater detail about the project and its likelyhood of success this past June — CA will benefit overall as Roski and NFL move toward LA Stadium deal.
In related news – Citizens Against the Stadium, a group formed in opposition to the project in the neighboring City of Walnut, has initiated recalls of the city’s newly sworn in Mayor and a City Councilwoman for not publicly opposing the stadium project. Am I the only one who thinks it’s a bit crazy to see people opposed to a private investment likely in excess of a billion dollars into their local economy, particularly during a recession?
Some other odds and ends from the past week:
- Fox&Hounds blogger Joe Mathews was interviewed by Tim Draper at The Riskmaster
- The Wall Street Journal writes that other western states are launching campaigns to poach ‘jobs, talent and industry’ from California, capitalizing on the state’s financial and political woes.
- Steve Poizner and Meg Whitman, would-be candidates for the Republican Nomination for Governor, have both published their opposition to the budget deal that was recently struck by the Governor and legislative leaders from both parties — Poizner’s can be read at FlashReport and Whitman’s at the San Francisco Chronicle.