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Council opens votes on consent agenda and considers recommended settlement payouts
Summary
Council opened votes on multiple consent items and heard City attorney recommendations to authorize settlement payments in several pending cases (items 35–47), with recommended amounts ranging from $100,000 to $975,000; the clerk recorded 12 votes in favor when the list was counted.
The Los Angeles City Council opened votes on a broad set of consent items and received the municipal attorney’s reading of recommended settlement authorizations for a series of pending cases.
The clerk announced the council would vote on items including 2, 6–11, 13–14, 16–28, 30, 32 and 34 and then recorded a vote tally of "12 a favor" when the list was opened and counted.
The municipal attorney read recommended authorizations for items 35–47, specifying proposed maximum payments in pending cases against the city. Among the amounts read were: up to $150,000 for Fortenato Palquerrero v. City of Los Angeles (item 35); $150,000 for Roberto Lorenzana (item 36); up to $500,000 for Jonathan Pelz and Kathleen Gallagher (item 37); and larger recommended amounts in other items, including $975,000 (item 44) and $553,999 (item 43). The attorney presented the figures as recommendations for council action.
No detailed roll-call vote with individual member names appears in the transcript for each settlement; the clerk’s recorded tally for the opened list was "12 a favor." The meeting record shows the amounts were placed before the council for consideration as resolutions authorizing payment; the transcript does not record a separate detailed motion text, nor does it show individual member vote-by-name for every listed settlement in the excerpt provided.
Next steps: These items were before the council for vote; the clerk recorded the list and a tally. Any final authorization or payment requires the formal council action associated with each resolution, and the municipal attorney’s reading provides the recommended maximum settlement amounts for the public record.
