San Diego’s hurdle to site a new stadium just got a little higher.
The California Supreme Court has stayed a lower court ruling allowing proposed tax increases like the one planned to pay for San Diego’s stadium to pass via a simple majority. What that means in practical terms is that the measure to raise taxes to pay for the stadium must now pass by a two-thirds majority, not a simple one.
The Chargers ballot initiative seeks to raise the hotel tax to 16.5 percent from 12.5 percent to help pay for the city’s share of the $1.