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  Chargers praise Carson for approving stadium proposal
  Posted 8:47 AM, April 22, 2015, by FOX 5 Digital Team, Updated at 02:12PM, April 22, 2015
  SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Chargers praised Tuesday's 3-0 vote by the Carson City Council to approve plans for a $1.7 billion stadium that could be the team's new home, along with the Oakland Raiders.
  "We appreciate all of the Carson residents, organized labor representatives, and Los Angeles football fans who came out tonight to support the project," the team statement said.
  "We are grateful for the careful consideration and positive vote of the Carson City Council and mayor, and we look forward to continuing our work with the community."
  The council vote was made possible by backers of the stadium proposal submitting more than 15,000 petition signatures to the city last month, and the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's office verifying last week that the required number of 8,058 signatures were valid.
  The verification gave the council the option to approve the plan outright or schedule an election to give voters the final say. Going through the initiative process allows the project to avoid lengthy and expensive environmental reviews.
  A similar tactic was employed in Inglewood, where the City Council voted unanimously Feb. 24 to approve an initiative allowing for construction of an 80,000-seat stadium planned by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke at the former Hollywood Park racetrack site.
  According to a staff report to the Carson City Council, the Chargers- Raiders stadium proposal would not require any city funds for "construction, overruns, maintenance or capital improvements."
  The staff report also notes that the 157-acre site — located on a former landfill — is in the Boulevards at the South Bay Specific Plan area, which calls for a mix of commercial, retail, hotel and housing projects. The initiative essentially creates a "stadium overlay," which allows the stadium as an alternative use of the property.
  The city prepared an "impact report" addressing effects of the proposal on the city. The report concluded that the stadium would give the city a "signature project."
  "The stadium project will improve infrastructure at no cost to the city and provide increased police, fire and emergency services at no cost to the city," according to the city staff report.
  "The stadium project will also spur development of vacant and under- utilized land to the north and west into parking, service and entertainment uses ancillary to the stadium project.
  "On the other hand, the stadium project will reduce the potential supply of housing in the city and the city will need to identify alternative affordable housing locations to meet its share of the regional housing needs."
  Let them go, they will find out that the grass is not greener in Carson……………………………….
  Seriously just go!
  Absolutely let them move. Others are waiting to take their place.
  Kick rocks chargers. We have a decent baseball team to watch now. Enjoy the Smog, enjoy the Raiders fans, and enjoy the loss in revenue when you turn your back on the people in San Diego and expect LA will support you.