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City Council approves multiple legal settlements, including two large payouts
Summary
Council approved several closed-session recommendations including settlements or payment instructions totaling millions, among them a $2.78 million settlement and a $13.7 million settlement read into the record and approved by the council.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved several closed-session settlement recommendations involving the city’s litigation portfolio.
Clerk and CAO staff read settlement recommendations into the record during the public meeting. Key items approved included:
- Item 50: Jesse Cabrera v. City of Los Angeles — recommendation to expend up to $195,000 in settlement. - Item 51: Jesus Soriano v. City of Los Angeles — recommendation to expend up to $200,000 in settlement. - Item 52: Brial Grant Wood v. City of Los Angeles et al. — recommendation recorded as to object to plaintiff’s offer to compromise (no payout approved by council in that line as read). - Item 53: Anna Maria Anaya v. City of Los Angeles et al. — recommendation to expend up to $200,000 in settlement. - Item 55: United States of America ex rel. and Fair Housing Council of San Fernando v. City of Los Angeles — recommendation to reject the plaintiff’s offer of settlement. - Item 54 (held on desk then approved): Sharon Buckman v. City of Los Angeles — recommendation to expend up to $2,781,000.88 in settlement, plus accrued interest at 7% at the time of payment, as read into the record. - Item 56 (held on desk then approved): Mark Savile v. City of Los Angeles — recommendation to expend up to $13,700,000 in settlement.
Those two larger items (Items 54 and 56) were held on the desk earlier in the meeting for questions and then presented with CAO recommendations; the council voted to approve the payments. Councilmember Yaroslavsky stated the closed-session items had been considered by the Budget and Finance Committee and recommended approval. The final votes on the items announced by the clerk were 14 ayes for the block of closed-session items.
The council’s public readout did not include details beyond the amounts and case captions; the clerk read the CAO recommendations and the council then took roll-call votes.
Votes at a glance
- Item 50: up to $195,000 (Cabrera) — approved. - Item 51: up to $200,000 (Soriano) — approved. - Item 52: object to plaintiff’s offer (Brial Grant Wood) — recorded. - Item 53: up to $200,000 (Anaya) — approved. - Item 55: reject plaintiff’s offer (United States ex rel./Fair Housing Council) — recorded. - Item 54: up to $2,781,000.88 plus 7% interest (Buckman) — approved. - Item 56: up to $13,700,000 (Savile) — approved.
Speakers at the meeting said the B&F Committee had considered the matters in closed session earlier and recommended approval.
