Westfield Downtown Plaza and a citizens' group lost legal challenges against the Railyards development, developer Thomas Enterprises and the city announced Monday. The lawsuits against the city of Sacramento, the city's Redevelopment Agency and developer Thomas Enterprises argued that the poject's two environmental impact reports (EIRs) were inadequate and did not comply with the California Environmental Quality Act known as CEQA. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly ruled in... Suzanne Jim Knapp 2009-11-18T23:29:42Z 2009-11-18T23:29:42Z

Gee and to think the CIty wants to pump hundreds of millions into K street.... Just to watch K street fail as the Railyards is completed.... this City is a joke.

Jim Knapp 2009-11-18T23:29:42Z William Burg 2009-11-17T16:57:18Z 2009-11-17T16:57:18Z

um, actually, the William Kopper lawsuit was almost certainly a union based lawsuit--that's pretty much what he does. Westfield was just trying to stifle competition for downtown shoppers--if they maintain themselves as the only downtown shopping destination, they think they won't have to fix up their grungy ol' shopping mall.

William Burg 2009-11-17T16:57:18Z trapper 2009-11-17T06:22:18Z 2009-11-17T06:22:18Z

If Westfield Downtown Plaza and a citizens' group were a Union based lawsuit they would have held up the development up in court for years. Just ask Sutter hospital, they had building costs nearly double to build the Women's and Children’s Center thanks to SEIU. The SEIU also sued in the name of inadequate environmental impact reports which was a lie.

trapper 2009-11-17T06:22:18Z