Thread: Laguna Beach tallies legal bill over labor site at $75,000

Laguna Beach tallies legal bill over labor site at $75,000
November 30th, 2007 · 11 Comments ·
- Amy Taxin

Now that the lawsuit over Laguna Beach’s day labor site has come to an end, the city is tallying up how much money it owes in attorney’s fees for the year-long suit.

So far, the tally is $75,000 in fees to Costa Mesa-based lawfirm Rutan & Tucker, said Laguna Beach City Manager Ken Frank.

That’s nearly three times the $20,000 a year the city contributes to a non-profit that runs the day labor site, Frank said. The funding was at the heart of the lawsuit filed last year by anti-illegal immigration activist Eileen Garcia, who says the city should not be able to give money to a center that doesn’t check workers’ immigration status.

Frank said he’s going to ask the City Council in January to expand the City Attorney’s budget — partly to cover these legal fees and partly to handle some code enforcement issues – but he doesn’t know how much he needs just yet.

Garcia, who is represented by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, plans to appeal. Frank said that could cost the city another $75,000, or maybe a little less.
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[u]11 Responses to “Laguna Beach tallies legal bill over labor site at $75,000â€

They will spend more local taxpayer dollars on this issue than on anything, including the disastrous landslide of 2 years ago. FEMA paid for the landslide, but the CC still raised the sales tax in town to pay for it. When they learned the Feds would pay for the landslide, they did NOT rescind the increase in sales tax!

The city has contracted out their attorney service on this one. Their attorney is one of the most powerful and well connected in the entire county. And most expensive! Judicial Watch is quoted as saying they will take this case to the Supreme court, if needed.

Now they are in negoiation to BUY the land where the day labor site sits, which has a value at $950,000!

Wouldn't it be cheaper for the taxpayers if the city were to just abide by the law?

Originally Posted by OCAngel

Wouldn't it be cheaper for the taxpayers if the city were to just abide by the law?

Of couse but that would entail enforcing laws and abiding by the wishes of the citizens. What libidiot, IA hugger bureaucrat woul ever want to do that?