City officials violate ticket policy, panel says

Council members routinely violate city policy by letting their friends and relatives use the free tickets and parking spaces provided to them for Chargers games at Qualcomm Stadium, the grand jury reported Thursday.

In its civil oversight function, the jury said council members are violating a city policy that restricts use of tickets for the city’s skybox to officeholders or people who can benefit the city. The jury also questioned why nine political appointees to the stadium advisory board receive Chargers tickets and parking spaces in exchange for attending a monthly meeting that rarely lasts an hour.