What: Council authorization of litigation settlements and additional compensation for outside special counsel.
Where it stands: Resolution 26-141 (a federal court case) was heard in committee on 2026-09-01 and recorded as passed on 2026-09-04. Resolutions 26-131 and 26-132 (more pay for outside law firms) were recorded as passed on 2026-09-04. Resolution 26-146 (a disability compensation case) was tabled to 9/25, and an amendment (CC 26-26) was recorded as passed on 2026-09-29. Resolution 26-147 (a civil case) was referred to committee on 2026-09-04, heard on 2026-09-22 and recorded as passed on 2026-09-29.
Next: Nothing further scheduled in the sources read.
Details
The two special counsel increases were $250,000 for ES&A, Inc., A Law Corporation (total not to exceed $450,000) and $75,000 for Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP (total not to exceed $1,000,000).
Individual parties to the cases are not named here. Vote counts are uncertain in the source and are not stated.
Resolution 26-147, a settlement authorization referred to committee on 2026-09-04, was recorded as passed, as was CC 26-26 (a Deputy Corporation Counsel amendment to Resolution 26-146).
Committee reports CR 26-65 and CR 26-66 recommended extra compensation for outside special counsel ($250,000 more for ES&A, Inc., total not to exceed $450,000; $75,000 more for Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP, total not to exceed $1,000,000). Both were recorded as passed.