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Costa Mesa council lists labor negotiations and multiple litigation items before recessing to closed session
Summary
The Costa Mesa City Council recessed to a closed session on June 16 to discuss labor negotiations with multiple employee groups and several existing and potential lawsuits, including cases involving Ohio House and Angela Vargas; no deliberations or outcomes are recorded in the transcript.
The Costa Mesa City Council convened a closed-session meeting on June 16, 2026, to consider labor negotiations and several legal matters before recessing to the community room for closed session.
The meeting opened with the mayor calling the session to order: "I now call the meeting to order." The city clerk then took roll and stated, "the record will reflect that all council is present except for Council Member Reynolds." The clerk checked for public comment and, reporting none, the council closed the public-comment period.
On the closed-session agenda the clerk read Items 1 through 4 as conferences with labor negotiators under California Government Code Section 54957.68. The clerk identified the agency-designated representative as "Miss Gallardo, Daily City Manager" and named the employee organizations slated for negotiation as the Costa Mesa City Employees Association, Costa Mesa Confidential Unit, Costa Mesa Police Association, and Costa Mesa Police Management Association.
The clerk then announced Items 5–7 as conferences with legal counsel regarding existing litigation under California Government Code Section 54956.91, naming cases styled City of Costa Mesa v. Ohio House (Orange County Superior Court) and Ohio House v. City of Costa Mesa (U.S. District Court, Central District of California). Item 8 was read as conference with legal counsel on existing litigation (Cal. Gov. Code §54956.91) in a case identified as Angela Vargas v. City of Costa Mesa (Orange County Superior Court).
Item 9 was listed as conference with legal counsel to consider initiation of litigation for one potential case pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.94; the clerk did not provide further details on the potential matter.
The clerk closed the public portion of the record and the council recessed to the community room for the closed session. The transcript contains no record of deliberations, motions, votes, or outcomes from the closed session.
