APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO COMPROMISE AND PARTIALLY SETTLE THE CASE
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PLAINTIFF; THE
CITY OF OAKLAND, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF AND REAL PARTY IN INTEREST V. DODG CORP., A CORPORATION;
SBMANN2, LLC, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; BALJIT SINGH MANN, AN INDIVIDUAL; SURINDER K. MANN, AN INDIVIDUAL; AND
DOES ONE THROUGH TWENTY INCLUSIVE, ALAMEDA COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. RG 19022353, CITY ATTORNEY FILE NO.
CE-04525 IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE
THOUSAND FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS AND ONE CENT ($245,056.01)
WHEREAS, the City Attorney’s Office, on behalf of the City of Oakland and the People of the State of California, filed claims agai nst Defendants Dodg Corp., SBMANN2, LLC, Baljit Singh Mann, and Surinder K. Mann for violations of Oakland’s Tenant Protection Ordinance and state and local public nuisance law at six Oakland properties in June 2019; and WHEREAS, trial on the Plaintiffs’complaint resulted in a September 23, 2021 judgment imposing an injunction and awarding plaint iffs $3,3797,050 in the form of civil penalties, $24,456.01 in costs, and $2,375,491.50 in attorneys’ fees; and WHEREAS, Defendants appealed the judgment and the appeal culminated in an August 21, 2024 decision from the First District Court of Appeal upholding the injunction, but vacating the award of civil penalties and attorneys’ fees; and
WHEREAS, the parties subsequently met and confe rred over an appropriate measure of civil penalties consistent with the appellate holding; and WHEREAS, the City considered all the evidence, litigation costs and litigation risks in this case; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined to settle the civil penalties, costs, and post-judgment discovery sanctions only for Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Fifty-Six Dollars and One Cent ($245,056.01); now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Attorney is authorized and directed to compromise and settle the City’s claims for civil penalties, costs, and post-judgment discovery sanctions owed in an ___________________
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2 Amended Judgment for Two Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Fifty-Six Dollars and One Cent ($245,056.01) excluding liabilities remaining for the City’s attorneys’ fees which will be briefed before and decided by the Superior Court; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: that the City Attorney is further authorized and directed to take whatever steps as may be necessary to effect said agreement.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, HOUSTON, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, AND
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GALLO
NOES –
ABSENT – COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS (serving as Mayor pursuant to Charter Section 303) ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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