Back to the Los Angeles Chargers Newsfeed

Supporters dispute Citizens’ Plan approval threshold

SAN DIEGO — Prospects for a combined downtown convention center annex and Chargers stadium could depend on voter approval this November of the Citizens’ Plan, but there’s a fierce dispute over what would constitute voter approval.

Proponents of the plan, which would raise hotel taxes to possibly fund the annex and allow it to be potentially combined with a privately financed football stadium, insist the measure needs support from only a simple majority of voters.

CHARGERS STADIUM: COMPLETE COVERAGE

City Attorney Jan Goldsmith’s office, however, has issued multiple opinions strongly asserting that the proposal, which will appear as Measure D on the ballot, requires approval from two-thirds of voters.