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Inglewood Developers, Labor Groups Reach Agreement For Jobs On Proposed NFL Stadium

Developers of the proposed NFL stadium in Inglewood, Calif., and organized labor "reached agreement Thursday" on jobs for the $1.86B project, avoiding a referendum that "could have delayed the start of construction," according to Fenno & Logan of the L.A. TIMES. The deals between "nine of the federation's unions and the developers," which include Rams Owner Stan Kroenke, "end a monthlong spat between the parties." The federation, which represents more than 300 unions in L.A. County, wanted developers to "guarantee better wages and more jobs." A federation spokesperson said that similar negotiations "are going on with the developers" of the competing stadium project in Carson (L.A. TIMES, 3/27).

NOT BOLTING JUST YET: In San Diego, David Garrick reports city and county officials on Thursday announced that they "plan to jointly spend as much as $500,000 hiring attorneys and consultants from around the country to help negotiate a stadium deal with the Chargers." Officials said that the agreement "could be a precursor to a more significant financial partnership between the two government agencies that would help finance" some of the roughly $1.2B construction cost of a stadium. San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said that the agreement would "build on steady recent progress" toward a new stadium there. City Attorney Jan Goldsmith added that he "envisions the lawyers and consultants helping expedite environmental approval of a proposed stadium and leading negotiations with the Chargers on financing, stadium design and establishing a time line." Chargers Special Counsel Mark Fabiani said that the team "appreciated others becoming involved beyond the mayor's task force" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 3/27). ESPN.com's Eric Williams noted the city and county in '64 "collaborated on the financing and construction of Qualcomm Stadium." The collaboration between the city and county is an "important one because the county carries a triple-A credit rating and hundreds of millions in reserves, allowing the government agency to help serve as a financier for any stadium deal." The group "did not set a timetable on when it would have an official proposal to present to the team" (ESPN.com, 3/26).

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