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Residents urge Montclair council to strip duties or press for resignation after court finds Lopez liable
Summary
Two residents and several speakers urged Councilmember Ben Lopez to resign after a court found him liable for sexual harassment; Mayor Martinez outlined limits on the council’s removal power, and the council scheduled a closed‑session update and requested an accounting of legal costs.
Public speakers pressed the Montclair City Council on Monday to remove or further restrict Councilmember Ben Lopez after a judge found him liable in a sexual‑harassment case involving two city employees.
Alice Garcia, who identified herself as a Montclair resident and the mother of one of the plaintiffs, told the council she sat through the trial and that the judge “found him liable for sexual harassment” and made “specific findings of fraud, oppression, and malice.” Garcia said the city has already paid more than $550,000 in taxpayer…
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