ESPN Chargers reporter Eric D. Williams talks about the team missing the city of San Diego's deadline to have a deal in place for a new stadium in order for it to be put on the ballot in January. (1:16)

SAN DIEGO -- As expected, the Chargers missed the city of San Diego's Friday deadline to have a deal in place for a new stadium in order for the matter to be put on the ballot in January. That means that the Chargers are very much in play for relocation as the NFL's owners consider moving a team to Los Angeles at the end of the year.

In August, the city and county announced plans for a new $1.1 billion stadium in San Diego that included $350 million in public funds.

But in order for the city to move forward on the proposal, the completion of a stadium plan with the Chargers was needed by Friday, allowing enough time so the measure could be put up for approval on a citywide public vote by special election on Jan. 12.

The Chargers have played in the facility now known as Qualcomm Stadium since 1967. AP Photo/Gregory Bull

The deadline passed without any action from the team, which means the city will have to wait until next year to get something done, should NFL owners decide to delay relocating a team to Los Angeles.

"While it's no surprise that the Chargers have allowed today's deadline to pass for a January 12 special election, San Diego can still hold a public vote on a new stadium during the normal election cycle in June or November -- if Chargers ownership is willing to work in good faith with their hometown," San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer said in a prepared statement.

The Chargers walked away from the negotiations in June and appear focused on the possibility of moving north to Los Angeles. The team still has major concerns with San Diego's public contribution for the project, along with the legality of an accelerated environmental review.

Mark Fabiani, the point person on the stadium issue for the team, points to a Feb. 3 email from San Diego city attorney Jan Goldsmith stating a proper environmental review would take 12 to 18 months as evidence the city is not on solid legal footing.

"The Chargers made clear in mid-June that the team would not go along with the city's proposed quickie Environmental Impact Report," Fabiani said. "When the City insisted on going ahead with this unprecedented approach to complying with California's environmental laws, negotiations ended. And nothing has changed since then.

"Unfortunately, the quickie EIR is not like a fine wine; it does not get better with age. The quickie EIR is more like curdled milk, which looks worse the longer it sits around. In short, the Chargers are unwilling to go along with the city's ill-conceived legal strategies. We made this clear to the public in mid-June, and nothing has changed since then."

The league has two Los Angeles proposals on the table. The Chargers and Raiders proposed in February a $1.7 billion NFL stadium in Carson, a city approximately 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

In January, a developer and a company operated by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke unveiled plans to build a $1.86 billion, 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood, California, on land he owns near Hollywood Park.

Los Angeles has not had an NFL team since the Rams and Raiders departed for St. Louis and Oakland, respectively, in 1995.

According to Faulconer's proposal, the public contribution for a new stadium in San Diego would include $150 million in lease revenue bonds from the city and $200 million from the county's capital improvement fund.

The plan puts a cap on how much public money would be spent, with the Chargers responsible for any cost overruns, along with stadium operations and maintenance.

Faulconer and county supervisor Ron Roberts were reportedly scheduled to present an update on the plan at the NFL owners meeting in New York on Oct. 6. However, league executive Eric Grubman, the person handling potential relocation of the NFL teams to Los Angeles, said home cities such as San Diego will not provide stadium updates at the October meeting.

"We are thinking through the right time and right venue for any of the cities to provide updates," Grubman said via email. "It is unlikely to occur at the October league meeting, and more likely that it would be done with one or more committees. We have not determined the timing."

With the Chargers, Raiders and Rams all competing for the opportunity to move to Los Angeles, Grubman said the league is still in the process of determining if 2016 is the right time for a franchise to relocate.

"We have been working on this for many years, and always thinking about it in terms of enabling a relocation if all of the key issues have been analyzed and dealt with, thus enabling a successful move," Grubman said. "If we believe it can be done successfully in 2016, we will take it up with membership. If not, we won't."