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CA AB987

Bill

Status

Passed

9/30/2018

Primary Sponsor

Sydney Kamlager-Dove

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Origin

State Assembly

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes the Governor to certify a specified sports and entertainment project in the City of Inglewood for streamlined environmental review if the project meets requirements including $100 million minimum investment, prevailing wage requirements, and zero net greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Requires the project to include an 18,000-20,000 seat NBA arena, practice facilities, office space, retail, and a hotel with LEED gold certification and a transportation demand management program achieving 15% vehicle trip reduction by January 1, 2030.

  • Applies California Rules of Court procedures requiring judicial challenges to the project to be resolved within 270 days of filing the certified record of proceedings with the court.

  • Mandates the lead agency prepare the record of proceedings concurrently with environmental review, with all documents posted online within 5 business days of release, and requires the applicant to pay costs of record preparation and any additional court costs.

  • Repeals the streamlined review provisions on January 1, 2025, if the lead agency fails to certify an environmental impact report for the project by that date.

Legislative Description

California Environmental Quality Act: sports and entertainment project.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 961, Statutes of 2018.

9/30/2018

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources8/31/2018
Rules8/27/2018
Appropriations7/2/2018
Judiciary6/21/2018
Environmental Quality6/13/2018
Rules9/11/2017
Appropriations6/13/2017
Governmental Organization5/18/2017
Rules5/4/2017
Appropriations3/30/2017
Governmental Organization3/2/2017

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