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closed session

NOUN
executive session
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A few weeks later, the commission fired Bycel, taking a vote in closed session.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

In fall 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 847, which amended the penal code to allow oversight commissions to receive confidential sheriff’s department documents and review them in closed session.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

Robert Fabela to investigate, Fabela said the matter would be discussed in closed session as a “potential litigation item.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

Simpson, a slender man with steel-gray hair and eyes, at once ordered a closed session to thrash out the whole affair.

From 32 Caliber by Donald McGibeny




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