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Council approves $775,000 settlement expenditure after closed-session recommendation
Summary
Following closed-session recommendations, the City Council authorized $775,000 to settle a legal case, approving the expenditure in open session by recorded vote.
The Los Angeles City Council on June 16 authorized the expenditure of $775,000 to settle a pending case after a recommendation from the City Attorney’s Office and closed-session deliberations.
When the council returned to open session the City Attorney recommended authorizing the expenditure; the council opened and closed the roll and recorded the vote as 9 ayes and 1 no. The council approved the settlement authorization “forthwith,” per the clerk’s announcement.
City officials did not provide additional case specifics in the open session remarks recorded in the transcript.
Council members moved quickly to conclude the matter, adopted the recommendation and then proceeded to adjourn the special session.
