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City attorney urges rescind of Groberson‑related consultant contract; council moves to discuss in closed session
Summary
City attorney told the council the contract with outside consultants working on compliance with a prior Groberson settlement raises legal conflicts and confidentiality problems; contractors disputed those claims and the council recessed the item to closed session for further review.
City legal staff told the Los Angeles City Council on March 1 that a July 1999 contract with outside consultants retained to assist city departments in implementing elements of the Groberson settlement is legally problematic and should be rescinded and renegotiated.
Cecil Mar of the City Attorney’s Office said the existing contract does not create the confidential work product relationship the city normally needs when retained consultants gather information that could later be used in pending litigation (Groberson II). Mar said the contract, as written, emphasizes the production of a draft and final report and permits the contractors’ work to be discoverable, which the…
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