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Riverside County board says no to paying outside counsel for sheriff's lawsuits after public comment
Summary
After public commenters urged the board to deny requests to cover Sheriff Santiago's legal fees, county counsel told supervisors about Brown Act limits and the board announced a 4'1 closed-session vote not to authorize hiring or paying outside counsel to defend related lawsuits.
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors announced after a closed session that it voted 4'1 not to authorize hiring or paying outside counsel to defend four lawsuits involving the attorney general and the sheriff.
The decision followed a public-comment period in which callers urged supervisors to deny requests from Sheriff Santiago for legal-fee support and called for more transparency about closed sessions. Violet Graham, a resident of Hemet and member of the Riverside Sheriff's Accountability Coalition, told the board: "Taxpayers have…
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