SAN DIEGO -- The attorney who sued the city of San Diego over closed meetings related to the Chargers' future said Thursday that recent actions taken by Mayor Dick Murphy could make him subject to recall.

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"He reneged on a central theme of his campaign: to protect San Diego taxpayers," Mike Aguirre said in a telephone interview.

Murphy is turning his back, Aguirre said, on a campaign promise not to use public funds to build a new stadium for the local National Football League franchise.

Murphy, whose representative declined to comment on Aguirre's remarks, recently was quoted as saying he could not rule out such funding.

"San Diego thought it was voting in a mayor who would stop the shenanigans," Aguirre added. He did not specify who might lead a recall effort.

Aguirre has made several failed attempts at public office in San Diego and is seen by critics as someone who enjoys publicity.

Wednesday, the Chargers announced that Anschutz Entertainment Group, which plans to build a stadium near downtown Los Angeles, had contacted the team about moving.

Mark Fabiani, hired to represent the Chargers, said the developers were told there would be no discussions until the middle of summer.

The Chargers have a provision in their contract with the city that could allow the team to move at the end of the 2003 season -- if certain conditions are met regarding league salary restrictions.

On Tuesday, Murphy released an April letter from the Chargers that said the conditions were met last season and would probably be met again this season.

Fabiani, a former Clinton administration official and ex-deputy mayor of Los Angeles in the late Tom Bradley's administration, said the team wants to stay in San Diego. He said the Chargers are willing to work "toward a solution that will be acceptable to our community."

Fabiani also reportedly suggested that land near Qualcomm Stadium be given to the team.

Aguirre, meantime, accuses Murphy of being committed to a new stadium already.

"He is jeopardizing and compromising the legal position of the city," Aguirre charged.

Once the April letter from the Chargers was received, he said, Murphy should have sent a reply defending the city's legal rights before forming a working group to study the team's future. Instead, Aguirre claims, Murphy hid the Chargers' letter from the public.

The working group includes representatives of the city attorney and city manager, a sports franchise attorney and sports facility consultant.

On May 9, the Chargers announced that their summer training camp will be moved to Carson, a Los Angeles suburb, next year at a site the Anschutz group is developing.

Speculation has been rife since then that the decision was a prelude to moving the team.