City Attorney asks Council for private meeting on lawsuit over city code section

Federal suit challenges a Los Angeles Municipal Code provision; lawyers want to brief the Council behind closed doors.

City Council· posted Jul 20Report

The City Attorney's office wants to advise the City Council in a private meeting about a federal lawsuit challenging a section of the city's municipal code, including a recommended Claims Board action. The Council must state publicly which law allows the closed session before holding it.

What happens next

Council to hold closed session on the pending litigation

How the Council voted on this file
Yes No Absent
  1. 10–0–5
  2. 11–0–4
Official portrait of Hydee Feldstein Soto
Hydee Feldstein Soto

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