The two committees have been busy lately, first with the Rams’ move from St. Louis for the 2016 season, and then with the Chargers’ and Raiders’ situations. Oakland owner Mark Davis is planning a move to Las Vegas, where $750 million in taxpayer money has been committed for a $1.9 billion facility that would open in 2019 or 2020.

A Chargers-written ballot measure was soundly defeated Nov. 8. It sought $1.15 billion in increased hotel occupancy taxes to help fund a new downtown stadium and convention center annex.

It’s believed that Spanos could be seeking more money from the NFL to help him stay in San Diego. It appears that money is needed to bridge the gap between money already available from the league and the team, and public contribution from the city, county and San Diego State.

Spanos met late last month with those entities. However, none of the entities have confirmed a dollar mount they are willing to contribute to a stadium.

”The county participated in one meeting with the Chargers in December where regional options for financing a new stadium were discussed,” Supervisor Ron Roberts said. ”At this point, we are waiting to hear back from the NFL and Chargers before talks can continue.”

San Diego State declined comment and a spokesman for Mayor Kevin Faulconer didn’t return an email asking for specifics of a city offer.

The NFL’s finance committee members are chairman Bob McNair of Houston, Arthur Blank of Atlanta, Joel Glazer of Tampa Bay, Clark Hunt of Kansas City, Jim Irsay of Indianapolis,

Shahid Khan of Jacksonville, Robert Kraft of New England and Jeffrey Lurie of Philadelphia.

Members of the stadium committee are chairman Art Rooney of Pittsburgh, Michael Bidwill of Arizona, Woody Johnson of New York Jets, Stephen Jones of Dallas, George H. McCaskey of Chicago and Jed York of San Francisco.

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Measure C, which would have raised $1.15 billion from increased hotel occupancy taxes to help pay for a $1.8 billion stadium and convention center annex downtown, was defeated 57 percent to 43 percent. It needed 66.7 percent yes to pass.

The 110-page plan was written by the Chargers without input from City Hall, the powerful tourism industry, their would-be neighbors the Padres or other stakeholders.

Team chairman Dean Spanos, who angered fans last year with a failed attempt to join with the rival Oakland Raiders to build a stadium in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, conceded defeat early Wednesday morning with half of the votes still to be counted. He released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying he wanted ”to give the stadium debate a rest and enjoy some Chargers football.

”So I’m going to put aside any discussion of our possible next steps until after the season, to allow everyone to focus on football and to give my family and me time to think carefully about what is best for the future of our franchise,” Spanos said. ”Over the coming weeks you may hear news about steps that we must take to preserve all of our options. But please know that I don’t intend to make any decisions until after the regular season ends.”

Spanos has until mid-January to exercise his option to move to L.A. and join the Rams in a stadium in Inglewood set to open in 2019. If the Chargers moved, they’d have to find a temporary home.

Or Spanos could negotiate with Mayor Kevin Faulconer and other stakeholders on a new plan in San Diego. The Chargers have been trying since 2000 to replace aging Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley.

While Spanos has said he’d like to make it work in San Diego, his surrogates have repeatedly reminded people that the team could move to L.A.

Faulconer said that while the vote showed there wasn’t support for this particular plan, that a coalition was built during the campaign.

”San Diegans love the Bolts. They want them to stay,” Faulconer said. ”There’s a foundation that I’m confident can be built up.”

Faulconer, who endorsed the project only a month ago, said he planned to speak by phone with Spanos later Wednesday or on Thursday.

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