Sacramento council adjourns to closed session on litigation, personnel and labor talks after resident raises concerns about police report

The Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting and adjourned into closed session after receiving one public comment alleging irregularities in a Sacramento Police Department investigation.

Council members in chambers heard a single public commenter, then moved to closed session to discuss six items including potential litigation, recruitment and appointment of an interim city manager, negotiations with an unrepresented interim city manager, and negotiations with multiple recognized employee organizations.

City Clerk staff read the closed-session items, citing California Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) to discuss the threat of litigation; Government Code section 54957(b) for personnel matters related to recruitment of a city manager; Government Code section 54957(b) for appointment of an interim city manager; Government Code section 54957.6 for negotiations with an unrepresented employee (the interim city manager) with Mayor Kevin McCarty named as the city's chief negotiator; Government Code section 54957.6 for negotiations with recognized employee organizations; and a further item under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) to discuss pending litigation.

During public comment, a man who identified himself as Kai Ohn said he has attended more than 10 Sacramento City meetings since February 2024 and said he has been unable to obtain a complete investigation report about his father's death. "About Sacramento Police Department provides me forgery investigation report for my father's staff," he said. He told the council he has not been able to identify the driver who killed his father and said he was unable to get the "real investigation report" from the Sacramento Police Department. He also said the City Manager and the Office of Public Accountability director, "Ms. Wilson," had not investigated why the Sacramento Police Department provided what he characterized as a fake investigation report, and that the Ethics Commission dismissed his campaign complaint. He said he had emailed the city clerk and council twice seeking to put the matter on a council agenda and had received no response. He asked the council to add his case to the council's consideration at an LEC meeting.

Council staff then closed the public portion and adjourned the public meeting into closed session. No public record of any closed-session deliberations or outcomes was announced in the provided transcript.

The closed-session agenda also referenced a case identified in the public record as PERB case number SA-CE-1276-M related to the Sacramento Police Officers Association versus the City of Sacramento.

The meeting record in the transcript shows the council had a quorum and that staff named Shelly Banks Robinson and Aaron Donato as the city's chief negotiators for the negotiations with recognized employee organizations. The recognized organizations read into the record included the Sacramento City Exempt Employees Association; Sacramento Police Officers Association; International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers Local 39; Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522; Sacramento Sierra Building and Construction Trades Council; Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 447; Auto Marine and Specialty Painters Local 1176; Western Council of Engineers; and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

No votes or final actions on the closed-session items appear in the transcript provided. The transcript ends with the meeting moving into closed session; the record does not include any subsequent announcements or outcomes from that closed session.