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Resident seeks legal invoices; city attorney cites attorney-client privilege and offers court filing

Rancho Santa Margarita City Council · August 27, 2025
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Summary

A resident asked the council to release detailed legal invoices for ongoing litigation; the city attorney said statutory exemptions apply but offered to provide the city's opposition brief and noted total legal costs are published on warrant registers.

A resident asked the city to make more detailed legal billing records public and questioned whether public-records determinations had been handled appropriately; the city attorney responded that state exemptions protect certain litigation-related invoices.

Resident Chris McLaughlin asked the council to disclose printing and postage portions and the supporting backup for a approximately $47,000 invoice from the city's outside counsel (named in the…

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