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Committee approves referral of $575,000 settlement to full Board after closed session

Government Audit and Oversight Committee, San Francisco · October 3, 2018
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Summary

In closed session the committee voted unanimously to send an ordinance authorizing settlement of Suzanne Montes' lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco for $575,000 to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation and then voted not to disclose closed-session deliberations.

Agenda item 5 was an ordinance authorizing settlement of a lawsuit filed by Suzanne Montes against the City and County of San Francisco for $575,000. The committee opened the item for public comment on that single agenda matter and heard none. Members then moved into closed session to discuss the litigation. On return to open session Deputy City Attorney John Giffner reported the committee voted unanimously in closed session to send the settlement ordinance to the full Board with a positive recommendation.

Supervisor Peskin moved that the closed-session deliberations not be disclosed; the motion carried without objection. The committee adjourned following the closed-session action and referral to the full Board.

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