According to Fox 5 San Diego, a lawsuit has been filed against the NFL by former San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre and former San Diego Chief Deputy City Attorney Maria Severson on behalf of San Diego resident Ruth Henricks, claiming that the NFL and Chargers officials violated the league's relocation policies when the Chargers moved from San Diego to Los Angeles.
"The suit filed Monday in San Diego Superior Court alleges that even with the team taking millions in taxpayer dollars and despite numerous efforts from city leaders to keep the team in San Diego, Chargers owner Dean Spanos “had already made up his mind to move the team to Los Angeles” by 2006.
The complaint cites a quote from former NFL official Jim Steeg, who told the San Diego Union-Tribune last month that Spanos had already planned the relocation, “It just took him 10 years to do it.”
The lawsuit alleges the NFL and the Chargers breached the league’s relocation policy by failing to negotiate in good faith with city officials over retaining the team locally and concealing that a move was in the works since 2006.
It alleges that despite “a substantial expenditure of public funds” related to establishing a new San Diego stadium or upgrading the existing stadium, “there were no good faith negotiations from the Chargers or the NFL” and “the team did not meet with the community nor the city in any meaningful way.”"