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Mayor Johnson Addresses Funding Concerns For New Arena

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) -- Mayor Kevin Johnson is now addressing the funding concerns for building a new arena in Sacramento.

The Sacramento Mayor said he'll unveil a plan for paying for the construction of the new venue within the next 100 days.

"We don't wanna wait till March 1 of 2012. We want to be really clear between now, the next 100 days and a few months after that of what it would take to put this to the rest of Sacramento to be the permanent resting place for the Sacramento Kings," said Johnson.

Johnson also announced a new 60 member regional committee he's calling "Here We Build."  It's made up of local mayors, legislators, businesses and community leaders.

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