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County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich wants the state of California to cut the red tape that bogs down the approval process for new municipal and nonprofit construction projects.

Antonovich will ask the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday to approve a motion that essentially says if it’s OK for the state to waive some of the paperwork for a planned football stadium and convention center project in downtown Los Angeles, it should be OK to do the same thing for new hospitals, libraries, schools, fire stations and “other vital government capital projects … that serve the public interest as well as commercial, cultural, recreational and clean energy projects.”

“Rather than limiting exemptions to multi-million dollar environmental and regulatory reviews on a case-by-case basis by the governor, a better approach would be to eliminate the overly-burdensome rules and regulations currently creating a choke hold on critical capital projects,” Antonovich states in his motion.

“Ignoring the economic merit of public and non-profit facilities in terms of their ability to create jobs and spur local markets is irresponsible. Public and non-profit entities provide essential services that benefit the public at large and should not be exposed to harsher regulations than a sports venue,” the motion states.

Antonovich said in the motion that the review process should to be streamlined without threatening the integrity of the process.

“The current environmental review process unnecessarily delays construction of vital projects that provide needed economic growth, delivery of accessible public services, and creation of thousands of new jobs,” the motion states.

The motion asks the board to “support legislative efforts that provide the same expedited judicial review process provided in SB 292 (the bill that streamlined the process for the football stadium) for development of projects that provide vital public services.”

 

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