Which Way, L.A.?
Football and Freeways
If LA gets an NFL franchise, would a football stadium guarantee downtown gridlock? Also, the Coliseum Commission's about to turn over a public facility to a private institution.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIf LA gets an NFL franchise, would a football stadium guarantee gridlock in downtown LA? Developer AEG released an answer today that's 10,000 pages long. We get a first read. Also, the LA Coliseum Commission is about to turn over a public facility to a private institution, but won't say why. We hear about the terms of the deal. On Reporter's Notebook, how Mexican food conquered America. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is the US becoming a "rentership" society?
Banner image: General view of the game between the Utah Utes and the USC Trojans at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 10, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Harry How/Getty Images
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4 storiesFootball and Freeways
AEG, developer of Staples Center and LA Live, released a 10,000-page environmental impact report today on Farmers' Field , its proposed NFL stadium near the intersection of the 10 and 101 freeways in downtown LA. Before the City Council takes it up, there will be 45 days for public comment, if anybody can read it that fast.
Read the story13 minLA Coliseum Panel Close to Deal with USC
The LA Coliseum is a public facility on public land, but the Coliseum Commission is getting ready to turn it over to the University of Southern California, a private university. Top former Commission staff members are under indictment for bribery, kickbacks, embezzlement and conflicts of interest.
Read the story6 minHow Mexican Food Conquered America
Even LA's Mexican restaurants didn't carry tacos until after the Mexican Revolution of 100 years ago, and the entrepreneur who started Taco Bell was an Anglo named Glenn Bell. Those are some of the factoids contained in the lively new book, Taco USA : How Mexican Food Conquered America.
Read the story7 minIs the US Becoming a 'Rentership' Society?
Hundreds of thousands of foreclosed homes look like a good investment — not for re-sale, but for rentals on a massive scale. In Riverside, California, an area hard hit by the housing crisis, one company is buying up five to seven foreclosed homes every day. Will George W. Bush's "ownership society" morph into a "rentership society?"
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