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City reports closed‑session decisions: amicus brief, multiple settlements and Purdue litigation opt‑in
Summary
At reconvening, the city attorney reported the council voted to join an amicus brief in Newsom v. Trump, and to approve a set of settlements and actions in pending litigation, including approval to opt into the Purdue Pharma settlement and waiving privilege for a personnel matter.
After returning from closed session, the City Attorney reported multiple reportable actions.
The council added a late closed‑session item and, by a 6‑0 vote (Council Member Hernandez absent), agreed to join an amicus brief in litigation titled Newsom v. Trump in the Ninth Circuit. That motion was reported as unanimous among those present.
The council also authorized several settlements and related litigation decisions that the city attorney summarized for the public record: (1) authorize settlement of the case identified in the agenda as “Share Our Selves” (listed as item 1b) for $550,000; (2) authorize settlement in the matter listed as “Paloma Ortiz” (item 1c) for $85,000; (3) in the national Purdue Pharma opioid litigation (items 1d and 1e), the council voted 6‑0 (Hernandez absent) to opt into the proposed settlement and to waive certain claims in order to accept incoming settlement funds, which are anticipated to be in the range of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the city; and (4) in the matter listed as Rita Ramirez (item 1f), the council voted 6‑0 to waive the attorney‑client privilege as to specified personnel reports.
The city attorney emphasized that these actions are the reportable results from closed session and provided the vote counts and the general nature of the settlements to the public.
