San Diego — None of the five candidates vying to replace Jan Goldsmith as San Diego city attorney have endorsed either of two local initiatives related to a new Chargers stadium, but their stances on the two measures vary widely.
Each of the candidates – Republican Robert Hickey and Democrats Gil Cabrera, Rafael Castellanos, Mara Elliott and Bryan Pease – expressed reservations last week about taxpayers subsidizing a new stadium.
The Chargers initiative would fund a combined stadium and convention center annex with an increase in city hotel taxes from 12.5 percent to 16.5 percent – money that would otherwise be used for city services.