Motion that the Board
of Supervisors convene in closed session with the City Attorney for
the purpose of conferring with, or receiving advice from, the City
Attorney regarding the following existing litigation in which the
City, as a plaintiff, is attempting, in sum, to have major manufacturers
and distributors of handguns, and their trade associations, determined
to be knowingly and recklessly marketing and selling a dangerous product,
thereby creating a public nuisance: People of the State of California,
by and through San Francisco City Attorney Louise H. Renne, et al.
v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, Inc., et al. This closed session would
be permitted by Government Code Section 54956.9(a). (City Attorney)
(People of the State of California, by and through San Francisco
City Attorney Louise H. Renne, Berkeley City Attorney Manuela Albuquerque,
Sacramento City Attorney Samuel L. Jackson, and San Mateo County
Counsel Thomas F. Casey, III; Joe Serna, Jr., Mayor of Sacramento,
the City of Berkeley, and the County of Alameda, on behalf of the
general public v. Arcadia Machine & Tool, Inc, Bryco Arms, Inc.,
Davis Industries, Inc., Excel Industries, Inc., Lorcin Engineering
Co., Inc., China North Industries, Phoenix Arms, Sundance Industries,
Inc., Beretta U.S.A. Corp., Pietro Beretta Sp. A., Browning Arms
Co., Carl Walther GmbH, Charter Arms, Inc., Colt’s Manufacturing
Co., Inc., Forjas Taurus, S.A., Taurus International Manufacturing,
Inc., Glock, Inc., GlockGmbH, H&R 1871 Inc., Heckler & Koch, Inc.,Kel-Tec
CNC Industries, Inc, MKS SupplyInc., Navegar, Inc., North American
Arms,Inc., Sigarms, Inc., Smith And WessonCorp., S.W. Daniels, Inc.,
Sturm Ruger & Company, Inc., American Shooting Sports Council Inc.,
National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., Sporting Arms And Ammunition
Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc., B.L. Jennings, Inc., Ellett Brothers
Inc., International Armament Corp., RSR Wholesale Guns, Inc., Southern
Ohio Gun Distributors, Traders Sports, Inc., and Does 1-200; San
Francisco Superior Court No. 303-753. This lawsuit was filed on
May 25, 1999 (a first amended complaint was filed on July 16, 1999).)
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