Today's Links

Here are some links on current news issues:

• The last headline directly concerning the Chargers is the Chula Vista City Council’s unanimous vote to allow a six-month study on how the Chargers can privately finance a new stadium rather than ask for taxpayer money. The study will analyze both the bayfront and eastern Chula Vista to see if there is enough demand and money available to make the deal happen.

• Some video from NBC 7 about the City Council meeting, mostly discussing finance issues.

• Chula Vista is having a war of words with the California Public Utilities Commission, which has drawn up plans to destroy the South Bay Power Plant in favor of a new stadium further south but still on the bayfront. Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox wants any new power plants to be built inland, saying that a plant near the water is “simply not aligned with [the] region's goals.” Representatives for the Chargers as well as Gaylord Hotels didn’t have much to say about the report – both won’t build on the bayfront if the South Bay Power Plant remains.

• KPBS reports on the Chargers’ search for a stadium partner here, and reports on the South Bay Power Plant as well.

• This Fox 6 report done in the middle of January talks about whether fans will be taxed if a new stadium comes. Chargers spokesman Mark Fabiani talks about how the stadium will be financed privately, while die-hard fans claim that they are willing to pay to get a stadium done.