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From the meeting · City Council, · 0:55
Would today's homelessness debate surface in a pending lawsuit?
As city staff lay out options, including litigation, for who should run the region's homelessness data and housing-matching systems, the council president asks how likely the discussion is to come up in a pending court case, then moves the item into closed session.
the council president and city staff
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the council president And let me just stop you there, Mr.
the council president CAO, because you rang the bell when you said litigation.
the council president So the, we observed the COC process a week ago.
the council president I know that there's several legal questions about that, which could result in litigation.
the council president How likely are the comments today or the proceedings today to come up in your estimation in the Alliance lawsuit with Judge Carter?
city staff In my estimation, guaranteed.
the council president Guaranteed?
the council president Okay.
the council president And then there's also the additional lawsuit between HUD and parties in Los Angeles.
the council president Members, given the nexus to ongoing and potential litigation on this matter, I'm going to put us in closed session, for this item.
Where it's from
- Who will run the region's homelessness data and housing-matching systems Item Special agenda 1: what happened
- The episode: City weighs legal fight with county over homelessness systems
- The full recording from here