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Council approves recommended settlement payments in multiple closed-session cases
Summary
Following the Budget and Finance Committee's recommendations, the council approved settlement payments and resolution authority for multiple closed-session legal matters, with amounts ranging from $100,000 to more than $1.2 million.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a series of settlement payments recommended by the Budget and Finance Committee for multiple pending cases.
During the committee report, staff listed recommended settlement amounts for items 33 through 41, including: up to $100,000 for Scarlett Meldone Addow (Item 33); up to $150,000 for John Sturges (Item 34); up to $165,650 for Steven Kere (Item 35); up to $175,000 for Emily Button (Item 36); up to $185,000 for Barbara Amanda Husman (Item 37); up to $200,000 for Maria Trebets (Item 38); up to $200,000 for Alba Rivera (Item 39); up to $1,250,000 for Season H. Kang, Cristina and Storga (Item 41); and up to $1,163,563 for Kimberly Marqueen against an unnamed LAPD officer (Item 41 follow-on figure as read). The committee recommended approval of the settlements; the council then voted to adopt the recommendations.
The clerk recorded the vote for the set of closed-session items as "fifteen in favor" in the public excerpt. The action authorizes settlement payments up to the specified amounts and implementation steps (resolution authority) as described in the committee report.
Discussion versus decision: The amounts and case names were read into the record as part of the Budget and Finance Committee report; the council acted to approve the committee's recommendations. Because these were recommendations following closed-session deliberations, the public discussion consisted of the committee's read‑in of recommended payment amounts rather than an extended public debate on the merits of each case.
Implementation notes: The motions authorize the City to expend settlement funds up to the listed amounts and execute resolutions as necessary to effect the settlements; departments will process payments and record settlements per standard city procedures.
