SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Mayor Kevin Faulconer said San Diego's push to build a new stadium for the Chargers took ''a huge step forward'' when Gov. Jerry Brown approved an accelerated judicial review process for any lawsuits filed against the project's environmental impact report.
Once enacted by the legislature's joint budget committee, the certification means any lawsuit challenging the EIR must be resolved within 270 days of the city's certifying the document. The city thinks it can open a new stadium by 2019 even if there is litigation.
''The governor stood up for San Diego and that's a very good thing,'' Faulconer said Thursday.