Overview
- The resolution asks Metro to deny reapproval by rejecting the revised environmental impact report for the $500 million Union Station–to–Dodger Stadium gondola, and it requires mayoral concurrence for further city effect.
- Metro is accepting public comments on the supplemental environmental review and is expected to consider recertification in the coming weeks.
- A state appeals court ruled in May that Metro abused its discretion in prior review, prompting a 437‑page supplemental analysis released in late September.
- Opponents cite park and neighborhood harms, including claims that 160 trees would be lost and that traffic relief would be negligible, while Zero Emissions Transit disputes those points and says trees would be restored with additional planting.
- Council debate highlighted political and community divisions and lingering questions about funding, with one member voting no and two Metro‑board councilmembers recusing themselves.