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STADIUM TALK: The Expedited EIR Gets Challenged

As expected, the City of San Diego's unorthodox strategy of attempting to complete a full EIR in a short amount of time draws the expected legal warning shot. A lawsuit may not be far behind.

Can't say no one saw this coming.

Chargers' Special Counsel Mark Fabiani predicted this was coming, and I'm sure he'll spend all week telling everybody he knew it was coming. That's fine, he needs something true - as opposed to talking points and misrepresentations - to discuss from time-to-time.

I've suggested previously that pursuing an expedited Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was a high-risk strategy by the City of San Diego to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as it hasn't been successfully done previously, and even if completed, invited legal challenges that the Chargers and NFL wouldn't accept as part of a legitimate stadium plan.