Half Moon Bay Council Convenes Special Session on Two Active Lawsuits
City Council • Half Moon BayApril 1, 2026
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The Half Moon Bay City Council held a brief special meeting to confer privately with legal counsel on two pending lawsuits — one a long-running water district dispute dating to 2017, the other a recently filed civil case. No public action was taken.
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The special meeting lasted only minutes. Mayor Debbie Ruddock opened the session, confirmed all five councilmembers present — Vice Mayor Deborah Penrose and Councilmembers Paul Nagengast, Patric Bo Jonsson, and Robert Brownstone — and identified the two closed-session items before confirming no members of the public wished to comment.
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