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Carlsbad council names labor negotiators, moves into closed session over city manager talks
Carlsbad City Council · January 13, 2026
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Summary
The city attorney announced a closed-session conference with labor negotiators to discuss the city manager’s employment; the negotiators named were the mayor and Mayor Pro Tem Bah Patel, consistent with Government Code section 54957.6. No public outcome was recorded.
The Carlsbad City Council recessed into a closed session to confer with labor negotiators about the city manager’s employment, the city attorney said. “Your labor negotiators are mayor Blackburn and mayor Pro Tem Bah Patel, and the unrepresented employee…
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