PREPARED BY: SARAH MAROOF DATE OF MEETING: 08/01/22
SUBJECT:
TITLE
LIABILITY CLAIM OF PAULINE FRIEDA McCORD (DOL 03/14/22).
Label
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Deny the claim per the recommendation of the Municipal Pooling Authority (MPA), the City’s joint risk pool.
Body
Compliance statements
This action is not applicable under the FY 2021-23 Council Priority Work Plan effective September 20, 2021, 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, is a process for submitting a claim in the limited situations where state law provides that a public agency may be held liable for an injury. 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.”
Following initial investigation, the Municipal Pooling Authority’s recommendation is that the claim be rejected by the City.
FISCAL IMPACT
Claims are generally addressed through the City’s joint risk pool as a General Fund obligation.