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City's pension liability zooms up by $937 million
I think it is almost impossible to end the taxpayer backstop to pensions. Even bankrupt Stockton and San Bernardino (as far as I know) are still making all their payments to the public employee pension funds. I definitely agreed that defined-benefit pensions should end. It is too easy for politicians to offer benefits far into the future based on absurd investment assumptions (e.g. 8% guaranteed annual return).— December 22, 2016 3:07 p.m.
City's pension liability zooms up by $937 million
Many of the municipalities you mention are in worse shape financially than San Diego.— December 22, 2016 3 p.m.
Even drought-tolerant trees die in San Diego
Governor Brown's ONLY priorities with energy and water policies are: 1. Establishing CA as being at the forefront of conservation and environmental legislation, hopefully inspiring other states and nations to move towards "greener" laws and policies. 2. Making sure energy and water policies benefit his friends, family, and campaign donors. He does NOT care about the economic impacts, fairness, or overall impact of these policies and laws to quality of life in CA. Those concerns get ZERO priority. Thus, we have stupid policies which have insignificant impacts to our water usage, like turning off water to showers at the beach, prohibiting hosing off driveways, or letting trees die from lack of water, while the agriculture industry continues to make money growing crops like alfalfa and almonds.— December 22, 2016 11:30 a.m.
If Chargers move to L.A., they'll have two losing teams
Earlier this year, Cleveland Browns tickets were selling for as low as $1. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ftw/2016/12/… By your definition the Browns have a lousy fan base.— December 20, 2016 6:13 p.m.
If Chargers move to L.A., they'll have two losing teams
They should call them the MFers. In honor of Mark Fabiani of course.— December 20, 2016 9:45 a.m.
If Chargers move to L.A., they'll have two losing teams
A re-branding would be a favor to the LA fans as well as SD Charger fans. I think a new LA team would develop an LA fanbase much more quickly than the Chargers would. If the new LA team performs reasonably well on the field I think they could have a decent sized fan base in LA in 5-10 years. The LA Chargers will be to the Rams what the Clippers were for many years to the Lakers - a far distant second choice for LA fans.— December 19, 2016 2:54 p.m.
If Chargers move to L.A., they'll have two losing teams
The fan base is not small. The fan base is angry at the ownership and disappointed by the on-field performance. Even with a bad team I'm sure there would be a lot more fan support if the team wasn't headed out of town.— December 19, 2016 2:51 p.m.
If Chargers move to L.A., they'll have two losing teams
There are rumors that the Chargers will rebrand after a move to LA http://nesn.com/2016/12/nfl-rumors-chargers-consi… In my opinion, rebranding and leaving the "Charger" name with San Diego would be a good idea for the LA team to do. It would help them start building a new fanbase more quickly than if they continue to use a name that is widely perceived to not belong in LA. Also, it would be respectful for the Spanos family and NFL towards San Diego residents and San Diego Charger fans to leave the name "Chargers" with San Diego. A rebrand would not be unprecedented; the NFL's Oilers and Browns rebranded upon their moves to Tennessee and Baltimore.— December 19, 2016 10:03 a.m.
If Chargers move to L.A., they'll have two losing teams
A recall petition for the 4 councilmembers would have zero chance of succeeding. Keep in mind most of us posting on this blog have a hard-line "not a dime of public funding for stadia" position on these issues. In my opinion "not a dime of public funding" is the only economically and morally correct position to take - but for some reason that view is considered extreme and other people have a much different opinion. The councilmembers, Mayor Falcouner, Ron Roberts, have had a moderate stance on the issue. They are willing to lend some support to some public funding for a stadium but are not willing to blinding write blank checks for anything the NFL asks for.— December 19, 2016 7:52 a.m.
If Chargers move to L.A., they'll have two losing teams
Thank you Visduh - I was meaning to post something like this but long hours at work and XMAS shopping keeps getting in the way. For the record, I strongly agree with Visduh on this and strongly disagree with Don. Visduh's observations are clearly accurate. The Chargers are without question widely loved in San Diego. That doesn't mean every single person in San Diego is a Charger fan - many people don't follow football. It doesn't mean that Charger fans are willing to outbid Raider fans for $300 tickets during a losing season. And it doesn't mean 2/3 of the voters are willing to support taxpayer funding of a stadium. But you do see a ton of people in Charger attire on Sunday. You see traffic on freeway and in local stores drop off on Sunday during a big game. You hear a lot of people at work during the week wondering about the Chargers. Random people you meet in San Diego who start up small talk will talk to you about the Chargers. In contrast NOBODY in LA cares about the Chargers. In time this will change but there is a HUGE difference between the Charger fan base in SD vs the Charger fan base in LA.— December 19, 2016 7:46 a.m.