[Elvis]

[ramfaninsd]

i am guessing it's a signature gathering to put downtown stadium on ballot.

[BuiltRamTough]

A proposal for a downtown stadium?

It's funny besides Oakland most cities are desperate to keep an NFL team.

[RedAlice]

I asked about this yesterday on the Chargers forum. Here was the response from one of their posters -

Haven't been listening to Scott and BR - but assuming he's referencing the Hail Mary Acee wrote about a couple weeks ago with Cory Briggs, the Citizens Initiative, the TOT tax, non contiguous convention center expansion, etc.

Basically would require Faulconer to do a 180 on the convention center. Sounds all good in theory and I'd LMAO if Cory Briggs of all people saved the Chargers -- but like Acee said - its a Hail Mary.


His link - http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/new ... time-acee/

Mayor must shift to plan that can keep Bolts

[Elvis]

I've heard Falconer on the radio say he's willing to talk about downtown if that's what the Chargers want. He said he chose Mission Valley because they own the land and it's the only location where they could get it done in the time frame the Chargers were demanding. But it the Chargers want to talk downtown, it's on the table...

[RedAlice]

Kaplan discussing the Citizens Initiative.

http://www.mighty1090.com/episode/scott ... n-stadium/

Sounds like this group is going to try to do what Carson and Inglewood did to get around the EIR requirements by using a Citizens Initiative for the downtown stadium.

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Looking more at Cory Briggs - it will indeed be kinda funny if he gets a plan going that keeps the Chargers in San Diego and makes it simpler for the Rams to move to LA. Seems he makes a lot of his money by suing Walmart.

The House That Wal-Mart Built

Briggs’ $1.25 million home sits near the top of a hill in Sunset Cliffs. In the front, it has a big garden with a wide view of the Pacific Ocean. Briggs’ friends jokingly refer to the place as “The House That Wal-Mart Built.”

Briggs’ primary opponent is Wal-Mart. It’s nothing personal against the world’s largest retailer – the company just happens to want to build projects that are bad for the environment and don’t react kindly to his clients’ demands, he said. Briggs believes he’s a fierce advocate for citizens who can’t take on powerful developers by themselves.


http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/share/ho ... his-money/

[Elvis]

[Elvis]

[Elvis]

https://sandiegans4opengov.wordpress.co ... r-own-way/

SAN DIEGO CITIZENS INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO REQUIRE TOURISTS AND TOURISM BUSINESSES TO “PAY THEIR OWN WAY”

OCTOBER 22, 2015 SAN DIEGANS FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT LEAVE A COMMENT

As Board members of San Diegans for Open Government, we have been proponents and advocates of moral and transparent government and try to keep alive a bold vision of open, responsible and creative uses of public resources.

While working on those basic ideas, we have had to learn about how the City of San Diego’s tourism industry works, how its infrastructure money is collected and spent, and who pays and who benefits. The whole system appears to us to be redundant, fractured and unbalanced.

Local taxpayers continue to be the people paying, while the politically connected continue to be the ones benefiting from that money. There are so many conflicting regulations that the city is going in all directions, while the residents have been left out of the decision-making process.

It is just wrong.

We shared our concerns and frustrations with our attorney, Cory Briggs. We explained that we wanted to set out a ballot initiative that gave voters a chance to have their say on these matters, that rid the public of the redundancies and wasteful spending and dealt with the complex issues of tourism in a coherent way. In other words, we wanted to create a comprehensive plan for how the city could move forward, improve our tourism industry, provide more income for city services, stop wasteful spending, and give real options for a convention center and football stadium — with the only tax increase being on tourists while keeping us competitive with other cities — and let the voters of San Diego make the final decision for themselves.

Mr. Briggs agreed to help us navigate through the process and he worked tirelessly to create something that met all the goals we set out.

Over time, we continued to meet, think, debate and enlarge our concern by trying to find the best comprehensive solution.

We are thankful that Mr. Briggs was not only able to work with everyone who would have to put this plan into action, but was also able to get their assurances this plan could work.

We at SanDOG have tried to say again and again that we are extraordinarily grateful to have the good fortune to work with such a creative, brilliant and persistent lawyer as Mr. Briggs.

We hope that people will take the time to understand what this initiative would do for our city. We continue to hope that our work will inspire others to look for solutions that continue to make our city a better place for everyone.

Pedro Quiroz, Jr., and Rev. Richard Lawrence

[RedAlice]

Nice. Good luck to San Diego with this.