Community groups allege agreement was approved in closed sessions and never properly disclosed
For one, according to the suit, the Berkeley City Council breached the state’s open meetings law known as the Brown Act by approving the settlement July 13 in closed session without later disclosing the action to the public.from Arreguín and UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, accompanied by a video of the pair shaking hands.
But without a meaningful opportunity for the public to understand and address issues raised by the proposed agreement, the deal should be null and void, according to the suit. He said the city initially estimated that providing fire, police and other services to the university would cost about $21 million a year, or more than $250 million over 16 years. So even if the university agreed to pay twice as much as it originally would have been charged, that still leaves city taxpayers footing the bulk of the bill, he noted.
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