The city of Los Angeles violated the state’s open meeting law when council members took up a plan to clear 9,800 homeless encampments behind closed doors, a judge ruled this week. “The City Council approved an extremely controversial plan to clear almost 10,000 encampments entirely in secret,” said Shayla Myers, the group’s attorney. Video from that day’s meeting shows that council members went behind closed doors to discuss the LA Alliance case. Carter ruled last year that the city had failed to comply with the terms of its settlement agreement with the L.A. Alliance. The judge also instructed the city to pay about $201,000 for fees incurred by LA CAN and the LA Catholic Worker, which have intervened in the LA Alliance case.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 10, 2026 15:31 UTC