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Soccer City Forum With
Joe LaCava, Nick Stone
and Rob hutsel

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
Mission Valley Branch Library
2123 Fenton Parkway
San Diego, CA 92108

A Crucial Development Question for Our Region and Namesake River
Get answers tonight at our Soccer City Forum at the Mission Valley Library. The public is welcome at 6:30 p.m., and the event will get underway at 7:00. No signs will be allowed inside the forum. This will be strictly enforced.


PictureThe former Jack Murphy Stadium opened to the public in 1967.
The San Diego City Council voted on Monday to reject Mayor Faulconer's plan for a $5 million special election this fall that would have likely included the Soccer City San Diego redevelopment proposal of the Qualcomm Stadium site, but the mayor overrode that vote with a veto yesterday.

However, the question remains if Soccer City San Diego is an environmentally sound and responsible proposal, and if it is the best, wisest use of city property and facilities.


Soccer City Forum
Wednesday, June 14
6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Mission Valley Branch Library
2123 Fenton Parkway
San Diego, CA 92108


Our forum panel on Wednesday evening will consist of Nick Stone of FS Investors and Soccer City, club member Joe LaCava of the Public Land Public Vote coalition, and Rob Hutsel, executive director of the San Diego River Park Foundation. San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action president Tommy Hough will serve as moderator.

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Nick Stone
Soccer City

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Joe LaCava
Public Land Public Vote

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Rob Hutsel
S.D. River Park Foundation

PictureThe San Diego River in Mission Valley.
Should the Soccer City proposal go on the ballot in 2018 instead of 2017, it is possible that the loophole created by the 2014 state Supreme Court decision that enables developers to bypass the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) if their projects are approved as ballot-placed land-use measures may be closed – in which case one of the basic concerns environmentalists have toward the project may be satisfied.

Even with the environmental concerns, and the opportunity to create a new, massive city  park in an area of the city short on open space, the Soccer City proposal for the Qualcomm Stadium site in Mission Valley is a big ask for the region.


PictureIn your backyard: the San Diego River in autumn.
Join San Diego County Democrats for Environmental Action this Wednesday evening, June 14, to learn more about the Soccer City project, and to ask questions of the principles for and against it at our Soccer City Forum from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Mission Valley Library.

The public may begin arriving at 6:30 p.m., and the event will get underway at 7:00. Join us for this crucial discussion on the future of Mission Valley and the San Diego River this Wednesday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. Presentations will get underway at 7:00.


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