It might be time for the informal list of teams that could fill the 13-year hole in Los Angeles to be expanded by one.  Maybe two.

With the San Francisco 49ers moving slowly toward their goal of gaining a new stadium, residency in Ed Roski’s “If They Come I Will Build It” venture on the outskirts of the City of Angels becomes a possibility.

Bill Soliday of InsideBayArea.com wrote the story that we’ll summarize in superficial, sound-bite-seeking fashion right here.

John Semcken, a Roski partner who is in charge of the project, was tight-lipped regarding the situation.  “We are not at liberty to talk about which teams we are or are not talking to,” Semcken told Soliday.

In our view, the list of franchises that could relocate to L.A. include, loosely speaking, the Vikings, Saints, Chargers, Jaguars, and Rams.  (We’ve removed the Bills from our unofficial list because they seem to be destined to move to Toronto, or to at least split time between Ontario and Buffalo.)

Though Semcken wouldn’t talk specifically about whether the Niners are one of the teams that could make the move, he implied that the San Fran franchise has yet to commence discussions by addressing the possibility that, if the 49ers wait until after November 2008 to commence discussions, it might be too late.

“I would say if they were not ready to talk to somebody until after that, they would be behind the 8 ball,” Semcken said.

Another possibility for the L.A. stadium is the other Bay Area team — the Raiders.

“No comment” is all that Semcken would say about the team owned by Al Davis, which is probably the safest course as to any matter relating to the unpredictable organization currently located in Oakland. 

So who will make the move, if anyone?  If we had to guess, we’d say that the Vikings will eventually join their purple-and-yellow predecessors who have done fairly well for themselves as the predominant basketball franchise in Los Angeles after leaving long ago the land of 10,000 lakes.