Government,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sep. 7, 2022
Charter measure to ‘clarify law’ stirs Huntington Beach legal arguments
The reaction to what the judge had decided produced more disagreement when Lee K. Fink, who represented the voter challenging the rebuttal, said in a news release that the judge “concluded that the Huntington Beach City Council did not act ‘secretly and illegally’ and did not violate the City’s Charter when it hired outside counsel to review the City Attorney’s Office’s handling of an employment discrimination case.” But City Attorney Michael E. Gates categorically rejected the statement.
Huntington Beach’s city council majority continue to be at loggerheads with the elected city attorney over his authority, and now a measure on the Nov. 8 ballot gives voters the option of amending the city charter to say the council can hire outside attorneys when it wants to. Both sides say that’s what the law already allows.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Nathan Scott on Thursday partially granted voter John Briscoe’s petition for a ...
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