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Pacific Grove council moves into closed session on initiation of litigation after resident objects to notice and asks for fee clarification
Summary
At a special meeting Aug. 20, the Pacific Grove City Council approved an agenda to hold a closed session to consider initiating litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4). A 91-year-old resident asked the council to postpone the closed session, saying public notice and fee information were inadequate; the city attorney responded with a
The Pacific Grove City Council on Aug. 20 voted to approve an agenda to convene a closed session to consider initiating litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4), then adjourned for that closed session.
A 91-year-old resident, identified in the meeting as Ms. Haines, asked the council to postpone the closed-session discussion, saying she “detrimentally relied on the public notice being adequate” and requesting a future meeting with 72 hours’ advance notice specifying which subdivision of the statute would apply. “Had I known that, I would likely have written different comments,” she said.
City Attorney Pierre…
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