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Carlsbad City Council adjourns to closed session over litigation with Patrick Gweemond
Summary
At about 04:15 the Carlsbad City Council, with all five members present, moved into closed session to consult with legal counsel about existing litigation identified as City of Carlsbad v. Patrick Gweemond under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1).
The Carlsbad City Council adjourned into closed session at approximately 04:15 to consult with legal counsel about existing litigation the city identified as City of Carlsbad v. Patrick Gweemond. The closed session was authorized under Government Code section 54956.9 (transcribed in the meeting as "5 4 9 5 6.9 Subdivision D 1").
All five members of the council were recorded as present during the roll call: Council member Chen, Council member Burkholder, Council member Acosta, Mayor Pro Tembot Patel and Mayor Blackburn. Meeting staff confirmed there were no public speakers before the council moved off the public record.
The presiding officer asked the city attorney to take the meeting into closed session. The City Attorney responded, "We'll adjourn to closed session to meet with legal counsel regarding existing litigation," and named the case as City of Carlsbad v. Patrick Gweemond. No open-session vote on the matter was recorded in the transcript; the council proceeded directly into the closed session.
The meeting record does not include further details about the substance of the litigation or any planned public actions. The council’s next public action will depend on any disclosures or reports required after the closed session, which were not announced in the available transcript.
