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Appeals Court Agrees on Ballpark Decision

SAN DIEGO-A lower court ruling that the City Council held illegal closed meetings in 1998 and 1999 to discuss the downtown ballpark project has been upheld by an appellate court.

By Randyl J. Drummer | Updated on March 07, 2002

SAN DIEGO-City Council held illegal closed meetings in 1998 and 1999 to discuss the downtown ballpark project, an appellate court has agreed.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal this week ruled that the city must pay the plaintiff’s attorney’s fees, but imposed no other penalties. City officials said they changed the way they conduct closed sessions soon after the lawsuit was filed in November 1999.

Mel Shapiro, a longtime civic watchdog, filed the lawsuit, citing a violation of the Ralph M. Brown Act, which restricts what government bodies can discuss in private.

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