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Costa Mesa council adjourns to closed session to discuss litigation, property and labor negotiations
Summary
At a special May 20 closed session, the Costa Mesa City Council scheduled confidential discussions on pending litigation (including Ohio House and Insight Psychology & Addiction), real‑property negotiations for three parcels and labor negotiations with seven employee organizations; no public comments were taken.
The Costa Mesa City Council on May 20 adjourned to a closed session to discuss existing and potential litigation, negotiations over three real‑property interests and labor negotiations with multiple employee organizations.
Mayor called the special meeting to order and asked the city clerk to take roll call. The clerk said, “Mr. Mayor, the record will reflect that all council is present except for council member Gameros, who is expected to join the meeting at approximately 03:30, and council member Reynolds, who is expected to join via Zoom at approximately 4PM.” The meeting record shows no members of the public present; the clerk stated, “No, mister mayor,” when asked about Zoom public commenters.
The council listed closed‑session items under California Government Code provisions allowing confidential discussion. Items 1–3 were…
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