San Diego Lawmakers Are Plotting Legislation that Would Totally Exempt Midway Rising From State Environmental Review

by Nadia Lathan / Voice of San Diego / August 18, 2026 They’re going for the wholesale workaround. San Diego lawmakers are weighing new legislation to allow San Diego’s Midway Rising project to bypass state environmental review — a pivot from earlier proposals that sought to exempt parts of the project from certain environmental rules. The Midway Rising plan involves a 16,0000-seat arena and…