San Diego voters to decide fate of Raiders?

LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 28: Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis attends a Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting at UNLV on April 28, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Davis told the committee he is willing to spend USD 500,000 as part of a deal to move the team to Las Vegas if a proposed USD 1.3 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium is built by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. and real estate agency Majestic Realty, possibly on a vacant 42-acre lot a few blocks east of the Las Vegas Strip recently purchased by UNLV. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) less LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 28: Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis attends a Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting at UNLV on April 28, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Davis told the committee he is ... more Photo: Ethan Miller, Getty Images Photo: Ethan Miller, Getty Images Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close San Diego voters to decide fate of Raiders? 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

SAN DIEGO — San Diego voters will decide in November on the Chargers’ proposal to raise local hotel taxes for a downtown stadium and convention facility — a vote which might, if approved, open the door for the Raiders to move to the Los Angeles area.

City Clerk Liz Maland announced Saturday that the Chargers had secured enough valid signatures to qualify the measure for the 2016 ballot.

The Chargers have been approved by NFL ownership to join the Rams in a stadium being built in Inglewood. If the Chargers do not move there, the Raiders would be OK’d to move there.

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Raiders owner Mark Davis has said his preference is to move the team from Oakland to Las Vegas, where a stadium initiative is being considered.

Chargers Chairman Dean Spanos expressed appreciation to those who signed petitions. “We gathered more than 110,000 signatures in less than six weeks, an extraordinary result that demonstrates the high level of community interest in a new multiuse stadium and convention-center facility downtown,” Spanos said.

The initiative would raise the city’s tax on hotel stays from 12.5 percent to 16.5 percent to pay for a $1.8 billion stadium and convention center in downtown’s East Village, next to Petco Park, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

The Chargers would contribute $650 million for the stadium portion of the project, using $300 million from the NFL and $350 million from the team, licensing payments, sales of “stadium-builder” ticket options to fans, and other private sources.

The city would raise more than $1.1 billion by selling bonds that would be paid back with the higher hotel tax revenues. That $1.1 billion would cover the city’s $350 million contribution to building the football stadium, $600 million to build the adjoining convention-center annex, and $200 million for land, the newspaper reported.

A coalition of opponents that includes politicians, business organizations and neighborhood groups has vowed to defeat the initiative.

Mayor Kevin Faulconer, a Republican, has raised many questions about the measure, but he hasn’t yet taken a position.