Santa Barbara council authorizes application to intervene in Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem

The Santa Barbara City Council authorized staff to file an application to intervene in the litigation Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem et al., the council reported after reconvening from a closed session at a special meeting July 29.

Miss Connect, staff member, reported the action to the council and said the vote was six members in favor and the mayor opposed. The council took the action during a closed session called under Government Code section 54956.9 to consider potential and initiated litigation, the agenda showed.

The council’s publicly posted closed-session agenda listed three items: (1) conference with the city attorney on anticipated litigation under Government Code section 54956.9, subsections d(2) and e(3); (2) initiation of litigation under subsection d(4) of section 54956.9, which listed the matter Vasquez Perdomo v. Noem et al.; and (3) conference with labor negotiators under Government Code section 54957.6. The council did not provide additional details about the substance of the intervention request or identify a mover or second when it reported the outcome.

The meeting adjourned to closed session and reconvened at 2:00 p.m., when Miss Connect delivered the report. No further public disclosures about the litigation or any directions to staff were made at the time of the report-out.

The council’s recorded action authorizes filing an application to intervene in the specified case; the council did not, in the report out, state further terms of the intervention or whether any additional approvals would be required before the application is submitted to the court.