Overview
- Carter folded newly reported Brown Act allegations into the existing federal contempt proceeding rather than opening a separate case.
- He ordered all parties to preserve evidence and directed them to file Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin’s briefing schedule by Jan. 21.
- Kin ruled last week that the City Council violated the Brown Act in January and May 2024 by approving an encampment reduction plan and a county MOU in closed session without public reporting.
- The federal court is also weighing whether city officials misrepresented material facts, with future hearings expected and top leaders invited to appear.
- Carter recently ordered Los Angeles to pay $1.6 million to the L.A. Alliance and about $201,000 to intervenors, and the city has signaled an appeal as compliance with the 2022 bed mandate remains under scrutiny.