Land Use,
Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 2, 2022
Dispute over sale of Angel Stadium goes to court today
“The lawsuit claims that we violated the Brown Act in approving the sale. We obviously disagree, and held many public hearings,” said Mike Lyster, spokesman of the city of Anaheim. “The plaintiff falsely argues that we did this deal behind closed doors. We did not. That would be illegal.”
Two years after a lawsuit sought to void the sale of Anaheim's Angel Stadium and 150 acres of land to a private company for $320 million, arguments were scheduled to be heard in Orange County Superior Court on Wednesday.
A group represented by Kelly A. Aviles of La Verne and Shaila V. Nathu of San Francisco alleged that the city committed multiple violations of the Brown Act, which requires public business to be done in public.
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