closed session

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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

The board then exited the public chambers into closed session for nearly four hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

With local media absent, agencies have quietly approved settlements in closed session, with no watchdog to suss out the underlying facts.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

And since settlement offers — like any contract negotiation — are not final until agreed upon, they too can be approved in closed session, away from the public.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

He agonized in his heart that it was a closed session, and that his wife was not there to hear, and that the Girl was missing it.

From The Harvester by Stratton-Porter, Gene