Huntington Park City Council, in closed session, agrees to hire Munger, Tolles & Olson to intervene in federal lawsuit

Huntington Park City Council decided in a closed session to engage the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson to act as an intervener on behalf of the City of Huntington Park in current litigation against the federal government, the City Clerk reported.

The decision was reported out of the closed session as a single action and described as joining with other cities in the same litigation. No public vote or additional public action was reported after the closed session report.

The closed-session report, read by the City Clerk, stated: “Decision was made to engage Munger, Tolles and Olson, to proceed with, an intervener on behalf of the city of Huntington Park along with other cities and current litigation against the federal government; no further action was taken.” The City Clerk provided that wording as the summary of the closed-session decision.

Because the council took the step in closed session, the transcript does not show a motion, second or roll-call vote in open session. The record available to the public shows only the closed-session report that the firm was engaged and that no further public action followed. Subsequent agenda items moved on to routine departmental reports and brief council communications.

It was not specified in the closed-session report whether the firm’s engagement involves a contract amount, a written retainer, which city department will manage the engagement, or the identities of the other cities participating. Those details were not provided in the public transcript.