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Costa Mesa City Council recesses to closed session to discuss potential litigation
Summary
The Costa Mesa City Council recessed March 17 to a closed session to discuss two items involving potential litigation and one item to initiate litigation under California Government Code Section 54956.9; no public comment was received and three council members were absent.
The Costa Mesa City Council recessed into closed session Tuesday to discuss potential and newly initiated litigation, the mayor said.
The meeting opened with the mayor calling the session to order and asking the clerk to take roll. Madam Clerk reported that council members Marr, Gameroz and Reynolds were absent and that a quorum remained. "I now call the meeting to order," the mayor said, and the clerk read the closed-session agenda items aloud.
Madam Clerk read two closed-session items listed under California Government Code Section 54956.9: an item described as "anticipation of litigation for two cases" under subsection (d)(2), and a separate item described as "initiation of litigation for one case" under subsection (d)(4). The mayor then announced the council would recess to the community room for the closed-session meeting.
No members of the public spoke during the public comment period; the mayor noted there were no speakers in the chambers or on Zoom and closed public comment. Because the matters were moved to a closed session, no substantive details about the litigation topics were disclosed on the public record during this meeting.
The council took no public votes on the record before recessing to closed session. Any formal actions or outcomes from the closed session were not announced on the record at the time the meeting recessed.
