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Santa Cruz council adds last-minute litigation item, authorizes appeal and other closed-session directions
Summary
Council voted to add a subsequent-need closed-session item to consider initiating litigation and, in closed session, directed the city attorney on existing cases including authorizing an appeal and joining an existing matter.
The Santa Cruz City Council on Tuesday voted to add a subsequent-need closed-session item to consider initiation of litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4), and in closed session directed the city attorney's office on existing lawsuits including the city's litigation against Chevron and an appeal of a San Francisco Superior Court ruling.
The council voted unanimously to add the subsequent-need item after City Attorney Tim Condotti (asked about by a different speaker earlier as 'Mister Gaudati') said the matter came to the city's attention…
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