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Orange County Board reports multiple closed-session settlements, including $1.05M officer-involved shooting claim
Summary
County counsel reported several closed-session outcomes: delegation of settlement authority in a civil-rights claim, approval of proposed settlements including a $1,050,000 proposed payout in an officer-involved shooting case and a $244,858.50 workers’ compensation settlement; final approvals are pending.
The Orange County Board of Supervisors returned to open session and county counsel read the results of several closed-session items, including approvals of proposed settlements and the delegation of limited settlement authority.
County counsel said the Board, citing Government Code Sections 54957(b), 54957.6 and 54956.9, discussed items listed as SCS I through SCS VII and reported the following formal actions. "With respect to SCS III," counsel said, "on a vote of 4–0 with Supervisor Doe absent, the Board approved the delegation of limited settlement authority to risk management to resolve the matter of Marcus Rodriguez III et al. v. County of Orange," a case the counsel described as involving allegations of false arrest, excessive…
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