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City attorney reports rising litigation, outside counsel use; flags potential charter amendment cost
Summary
City Attorney Virginia Gennaro told councilors on May 5 that litigation activity for the city has increased over five years and that the city uses three outside law firms on flat‑rate contracts for tort, civil‑rights and water matters. She said the city has 104 active cases, and that a council direction to consider a charter amendment to change
City Attorney Virginia Gennaro told the Bakersfield City Council on May 5 that litigation against the city has increased over the past five years and that outside counsel usage and costs have risen even as the general‑fund portion of the city attorney’s internal budget shows a small reduction driven by an unfunded assistant city attorney slot.
Gennaro said the city has about 104 active cases, 87 of them in state superior court, and that outside counsel on flat‑rate contracts have successfully…
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