PREPARED BY: SARAH MAROOF DATE OF MEETING: 03/02/20
SUBJECT:
TITLE
LIABILITY CLAIMS OF LILIANA ORTIZ (DOL 01/05/20), DESMON KIEL (DOL 11/05/19), DENEKA BLUITT (DOL 11/05/19), AND JOSEFA MADRIGAL (DOL 08/01/19)
Label
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Deny claims
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Compliance statements
This action is not applicable under the FY 2019-21 Council Priority Work Plan effective March 1, 2019, but is a necessary operational action.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
Under the Government Claims Act, California Government Code Section 810 et seq, there is a process for submitting a claim when a public agency is allowed to be liable. As set forth in Section 815(a): “Except as other provided by Statute: [a] A public entity is not liable for an injury, whether such injury arises out of an act or omission of the public entity or a public employee or any other person.”
FISCAL IMPACT
Claims are generally addressed through the City’s joint risk pool as a General Fund obligation.