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CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-EXISTING LITIGATION
(Paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code section 54956.9)
Clay Murray, et al. v. County of Santa Barbara, et al.; United States District Court, Central District of California, case number 2:17cv-08805-GW-JPR.
Inmates of the Santa Barbara County Jail v. Sheriff; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. SB152487.
Joyce E. Dudley, Santa Barbara County District Attorney v. County of Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara County Superior Court Case No. 22CV05054.
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
(Paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) and Paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Government Code section 54956.9)
Significant exposure to civil litigation: 1 case, based on these “facts and circumstances:”
The Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has filed a First Amended Verified Petition for Writ of Mandate concerning a Public Records Act request the District Attorney’s Office submitted to the County of Santa Barbara in Case No. 22CV05054. In that Petition, the District Attorney’s Office states that the Consumer and Environmental Protection Unit of the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office has been investigating the County’s response to a “Toro Canyon Creek oil spill” since July 2021.