LA Alliance for Human Rights litigation (CF 23-1068, CF 20-0263)

At a glance

2026-10-14 (journal): at the special Council meeting, item 2 (Council File 23-1068) was a closed session on possible initiation of litigation (one potential case); the Council discussed it and instructed legal counsel, with no vote. See Continuum of Care bidding process (CF 26-1485).
What: Two closed-session items (CF 23-1068 and CF 20-0263) concerning litigation brought by the LA Alliance for Human Rights, on a Special City Council Meeting called for 10:30 AM on 2026-10-23.

Item 1 on October 28 approved the updated Bed Plan for the Alliance Settlement Agreement; see Alliance Settlement Bed Plan.

Item 1 approved the updated Alliance Settlement Agreement Bed Plan (12 ayes); see Alliance Settlement Bed Plan.

Journal: special meeting item 2 (Council File 23-1068) taken in closed session; counsel instructed, no vote.

2026-10-21 - City Council - The closed-session item on the Continuum of Care and the LA Alliance lawsuit (item 21) was announced and then continued to October 23; no captioned discussion.
2026-10-23 - Page created from a posted agenda; no meeting transcript processed yet.
2026-10-14 - City Council - Mentioned during the Continuum of Care discussion: Szabo said that day's proceedings were certain to come up in the LA Alliance case before Judge Carter; hearing set for October 27. No separate discussion.
2026-10-07 - City Council - Item 22 adopted 14-0. Rodriguez said the county has not delivered required higher-level care and mental health beds and that she had written to Judge Carter.