City of Industry

Earlier this week, the State Senate joined the Assembly in passing legislation exempting the 75,000 seat planned "NFL" Stadium in the City of Industry from having to undergo a CEQA environmental review before construction can begin.  Press reports on the politics surrounding the exemption were extremely even-handed to the point of obscuring some of the issues that created the controversy and fueled the anger of the surrounding communities.  Because Governor Schwarzenegger still has to approve the exemption, there's still some value in reviewing the history of the project and the politics that surround it.