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Costa Mesa council adds workers' compensation case to closed-session agenda
Summary
On Feb. 4, 2025, the Costa Mesa City Council voted 6-0 to add Craiza v. Costa Mesa Fire Department (WCAB ADJ12674446) as a walk‑on closed‑session item; the council then adjourned to closed session to consider that matter and four noticed items.
The Costa Mesa City Council voted 6-0 on Feb. 4, 2025, to add a workers' compensation matter, Craiza v. Costa Mesa Fire Department (Workers' Compensation Appeals Board case ADJ12674446), to the closed-session agenda as a walk‑on item that required a four‑fifths vote.
The addition was requested by the City Attorney because, the City Attorney said, the council needed to take action before its next regular meeting on a matter that arose after the posting of the last agenda. After the vote the council adjourned to the community room for the closed session to consider the newly added item and four previously noticed items.
The clerk recorded that all members were present except Council Member Moore. The City Attorney told the council, “I’m asking that you bring onto the agenda … the matter of Craiza versus Costa Mesa Fire Department,” referring to the WCAB case number ADJ12674446. A council member moved and another seconded the request; the clerk announced, “Motion carries 6 0.”
The agenda items noticed for closed session included: a threat‑to‑security consultation under California Government Code section 54957(a) with the Director of Emergency Services, the City Manager and the Police Chief; a conference with legal counsel — anticipation of litigation under California Government Code section 54956.9 (one potential case); and two conference‑with‑real‑property‑negotiator items under California Government Code section 54956.8. The first real‑property item identified 695 West Nineteenth Street, Costa Mesa, with Agency Negotiator Lori Ann Farrell Harrison and negotiating party Jamboree Housing (under negotiation: price and terms). The second real‑property notice in the transcript reads “$7.78 Shalimar Drive, Costa Mesa, California” with Agency Negotiator Lori Ann Farrell Harrison and negotiating party Dominic Blonde; the transcript wording for that address appears garbled and was not clarified during the meeting.
There were no speakers in the chamber or on Zoom for public comment; the mayor closed public comment before the council moved into closed session. The council did not disclose the substance of the closed session in the public transcript.
The council returned to closed session to consider the walk‑on workers' compensation matter and the four noticed items; no further public details were recorded in the meeting transcript.
