INGLEWOOD – The Inglewood City Council is quite clever for bringing on one of its contract attorneys to fill the role of city attorney after the retirement of Ken Campos.
Rick Olivarez, principal of Olivarez Madruga Law Organization LLP, leads the firm representing the City in a lawsuit filed by Mayor James T. Butts Jr.’s former paramour, Melanie McDade.
In a perceived effort to violate the Brown Act, related to closed session agenda items, by having Mr. Olivarez “in-house,” they can circumvent the process and speak to him without full disclosure to the public…