Budget & Finance

(3) 26-0625 City Attorney reports relative to a conflict of interest waiver request to allow the outside counsel firm of Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP to assist in the joint defense of the City and Mayor Karen Bass in the Superior Court (LASC) Case No. 26STCV05669, and Kristin Crowley v. Karen Bass, LASC Case No. 26STCV19765 (collectively, the Crowley Litigation). [The Committee may recess to Closed Session, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1), to confer with its legal counsel to discuss the aforementioned litigation.] Fiscal Impact Statement: No