Did They, or Didn’t They?
The City of Irvine has once again apparently contradicted itself. The latest example is the City’s response below to a letter from attorney Kevin Shenkman demanding that the Irvine adopt district elections or face a potential California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) lawsuit.
In the city’s response, the City Attorney wrote that the city has “…already retained Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP to serve as its litigation counsel…”
This writer submitted a public records request for all documents and electronic correspondence including any fee schedules or cost estimates related to retaining the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP for possible litigation services in this matter.
In the record request response below, the city writes that, “Per the City Attorney’s Office, the City Manger’s office and the Financial Management & Strategic Planning Department, there are no responsive records to provide.”
So, did the city in fact, retain Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and if so, how did they do that without any documentation? If they have not retained the law firm, how does that square with the written assertion of the City Attorney that they had?
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DougElliott
May 21, 2021 at 12:35 pmCould the City Attorney have been bluffing? Gibson Dunn & Crutcher represents the City of Santa Monica in its litigation with Shenkman. The City’s strategy seems to entail portraying Irvine as a clone of Santa Monica, which it’s decidedly not. Irvine has more in common with the City of Santa Clara, which lost its district election litigation before the Court of Appeal.
deefox
May 21, 2021 at 12:58 pmLiars! From the Mayor now to the City Attorney! Great! FARRAH KHAN apparently doesn’t have a problem with lawsuits if she doesn’t get her way…never mind what the people want! Needless spending of our tax dollars! Why doesn’t she engage with the community instead of shutting us out!
Just another thing to consider when she is up for re-election, or anything else for that matter! We don’t need people like her that don’t listen to the residents in the community. She is on a power trip and all about getting her photo taken for appearances . . . but what has she ACTUALLY accomplished?
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