Kroenke development firm donated $118K to Inglewood officials

The development company that is moving quickly on a plan to build a stadium that could host a Southern California NFL team has given more than $118,000 in campaign contributions to officials in Inglewood, the city where it would be located.

San Francisco-based Hollywood Park Land Co. - partly owned by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke - donated the bulk of the money to Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr., a major supporter of the stadium plan, according to the New York Times.

Contributions were made during four different campaigns starting in 2006. Funding also went to a pair of city councilmen.

On Thursday, election officials verified that enough petition signatures had been gathered for the stadium plan to go before voters. The vote has not scheduled but could come this month. It would allow the developers to avoid potentially thorny environmental reviews that could extend for months or years.

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