California High Speed Rail

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I'm glad I'm not the Director of the California High Speed Rail Authority. Shown below is a listing of the legal items they'll review under closed session.

 

 

9. Closed Session Pertaining to Litigation

The Authority will meet in closed session pursuant to Government Code section 11126(e)(2)(A) to confer with counsel with regard to the following litigation:

·            John Tos; Aaron Fukuda and County of Kings v. California   High Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2011-00113919)

·            Town of Atherton v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, Case No. C070877)

·            CHSRA Validation Action; Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2013-00140689

·            Before the Surface Transportation Board; Finance Docket No. 35861

·            Coffee-Brimhall LLC v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001859)

·            County of Kings v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001861)

·            County of Kern v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001863)

·            First Free Baptist Church of Bakersfield v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001864)

·            Dignity Health v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001865)

·            City of Bakersfield v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001866)

·            City of Shafter v. California High-Speed Rail Authority; (Sacramento Superior Court Case No. 34-2014-80001908)

·            TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND v. California Air Resources Board and CHSRA as a real party in interest; (Fresno Superior Court Case No. 14CECG01788)

The Authority will meet in closed session pursuant to Government Code section 11126(e)(2)(B)(i).

[blue streak 1]

Note 5 case numbers almost in numerical order.   Interesting   HUMM.   Wonder if thoses 5 are all filed by same firm ?  Ambulance chasiing ?

[MidlandMike]

Does California have an "Open Meetings Act"?  If they do, some one will challange the closed sessions, even if in some instantses they may have been allowed unded such an act.

[dakotafred]

In our state (N.D.), you're allowed to go into "executive" (closed) session when the subject is filed lawsuits to which you're a party.