City Council approves up to $3.44 million in two legal settlements

The Los Angeles City Council on June 6 approved two closed-session settlement recommendations that together could cost the city up to $3,443,493.62.

Councilmember Yaroslavsky, the Budget and Finance Committee chair, told the council the committee had reviewed the matters in closed session and recommended approval. The council clerk read the settlement figures into the record: up to $1,193,493.62 plus accrued interest in the case titled Edward Procop v. City of Los Angeles, and up to $2,250,000 in the case titled Sharon Sheriff v. City of Los Angeles.

The measures were taken after the Budget and Finance Committee’s closed-session consideration. Council members voted with 13 ayes to approve the expenditures. There were no public deliberations recorded on the council floor prior to the vote.

The approvals authorize the Office of the City Attorney and appropriate departments to expend the funds identified to resolve the listed claims; the council did not provide further public detail about the underlying facts of either case during the open meeting.

Council procedural staff noted the items had been considered by the committee and that membership recommended sending them "forthwith" after the vote. The council opened and closed the roll for the item; the clerk recorded the tally as 13 ayes and the president announced the measures approved.

The council’s action directs city staff to implement the settlements as described; no additional follow-up dates were announced in the public record during the meeting.