Key lawmaker pulls support for fairgrounds deal
COSTA MESA — Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana) has decided not to stand by Costa Mesa City Hall’s attempt to purchase the Orange County Fairgrounds and is asking the governor to drop the sale all together.
The statement comes as a blow to sale supporters, as Solorio has become the point person in the Assembly on the issue and was expected to carry or support legislation that would enact the city’s deal. Another politician could pick up the legislation without his support, but no one has stepped up yet.
Solorio, who has been heavily invested in the issues surrounding the sale and was expected to file legislation to allow Costa Mesa to buy the fairgrounds, said in a prepared statement released Tuesday that he made many suggestions to help address the fate of the 80 full-time state employees who work at the fairgrounds and has provided ways to strengthen the governance provisions in the deal.
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