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Council schedules closed session on anticipated litigation under Government Code §54956.91
Summary
At the start of its meeting, the Santa Barbara City Council announced it would hold a closed session with the city attorney to consider anticipated litigation under Government Code §54956.91; no online public comment was available and the council planned to reconvene at 2:00.
At the opening of its meeting, the Santa Barbara City Council announced it would hold a closed session with the city attorney to consider anticipated litigation under Government Code §54956.91 and reconvene at 2:00.
"It is recommended that the council hold a closed session to consider pending litigation in accordance with Section 54956.91 of the Government Code and take appropriate action as necessary," the clerk said. The clerk also asked whether there was an online option for public comment on the item and stated, "Is there any space online for public comment on this agenda item? No, sir," indicating remote public comment would not be accepted for the closed-session item. The council then concluded the open portion of the meeting and set the reconvening time.
The transcript explicitly cites Government Code subsection 54956.91 as the authority for the closed session. No motions, votes or additional details about the subject of the anticipated litigation were provided on the record in the public portion of the meeting.
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