Legislative language that would have limited legal challenges to certain Los Angeles transit projects was removed from a state bill, eliminating a potential 12-month time limit. The committee advanced the remainder of the bill aimed at expediting transit projects in California. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council publicly opposed the language and requested its removal. A staff report identified the Dodger Stadium gondola as a potential beneficiary. Metro's environmental impact report for the gondola is facing a court fight lasting 17 months. The gondola, first proposed in 2018, requires approvals from four public agencies and awaits a city traffic study.
Under the now-removed language, future legal challenges to certain Los Angeles transit projects would have been limited to 12 months. The language of the bill did not cite any specific project, but a staff report called the gondola proposal "one project that would benefit." A court fight over Metro's approval of the environmental impact report for the project is at 17 months and counting.
Frank McCourt will have to pursue his proposed Dodger Stadium gondola without legislation that would have limited potential legal challenges to the project. After The Times reported on the legislation, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the City Council publicly opposed it, asking a state Assembly committee to strip the language that would have benefited the gondola project or kill the bill entirely.
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