Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, the L.A. Metro Executive Management Committee recertified the combined Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) in a 4-1 vote.

Recertification of the EIR does not guarantee project completion. Still, it is a necessary step to obtain final approval from Metro and to start on the local and state approvals needed to begin construction of the project.

From last time, for those paying attention to the local intrigue, one might wonder how Mayor Karen Bass would square the circle of the L.A. City Council voted 12-1 to urge Metro to kill the project, considering that she continues to have a vote on the project at this stage.

Mayor Bass sided with the majority. However, in the spirit of the L.A. Rams’ season, Mayor Bass punted, addressing the packed meeting room

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