The Oakland City Council voted Tuesday to settle a lawsuit over alleged improprieties in the leadup to the 2022 mayoral election, but did so without admitting to any wrongdoing.
According to the suit, while the candidates had been told that the deadline to file was Aug. 17, the clerk's office alerted them on Aug. 12 that the deadline was actually at 5 p.m. that day.
After the candidates scrambled to make it to the clerk's office, the suit alleges that somebody in the office timestamped their paperwork to make it look like it was filed before the deadline.
According to the terms of the settlement, the city agrees to pay Sacks more than 200-thousand dollars in attorney fees and court costs, among other things.
The city didn’t admit to any liability or wrongdoing in the settlement agreement.
