Los Angeles City Councilman Ed Reyes said Friday that he is interested in returning to the board of a San Gabriel Valley light rail project now that the governor has signed a bill exempting project officials from a state conflict-of-interest law.
The bill, which Gov. Jerry Brown approved, applies to board members and board alternates of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, which is building an 11-mile light rail segment between Pasadena and Azusa.
State law generally forbids public officials from serving on multiple boards, commissions, city councils and other governing bodies with interests that are likely to clash. The rail officials in question also hold city council positions.
Assemblywoman Norma Torres (D-Pomona) sought the legislation to neutralize a complaint to the state attorney general filed by Christopher Sutton, a Pasadena attorney representing a San Gabriel Valley property owner involved in a condemnation dispute with the rail agency.
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