Closed Session Agenda

NORA FRIMANN, CITY ATTORNEY SAN JOSÉ CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION AGENDA October 7, 2025 Place: City Hall Conference Room W-133 Time: 9:30 a.m. Item(s) to be discussed: A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9(d)(1): 1. Case Name: Name(s) of Party(ies): San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump DOJ-UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE;DONALD J. TRUMP; MICHAEL SCHLOSS; NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS ADMINISTRATION; NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES; OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS; PAMELA BONDI; ROBERT F. KENNEDY; RUSSELL VOUGHT; SCOTT TURNER; SHELLY C.LOWE; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; UNITED STATES OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET; VINCE MICONE; WILLIAM BOSANKO; ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER WELLNESS CENTER, INC., DBA SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER; BALTIMORE SAFE HAVEN CORP.; BRADBURY-SULLIVAN LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER; FORGE INC.; GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER HISTORICAL SOCIETY; LESBIAN AND GAY COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER, INC., DBA THE LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER; LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER;...

Claimant: Van Le Address: Phone/Email: To: O ice of the City Clerk City of San José 200 East Santa Clara Street San José, CA 95113 1. Claimant’s Name and Address Van Le 2. Occurrence or Transaction Giving Rise to the Claim On April 4, 2025, Councilmember Bien Doan’s Chief of Sta , Jonathan Fleming, issued and disseminated a written letter to the East Side Union High School District Board and local media outlets. This letter falsely mischaracterized my role in the 2024 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, implying that I had misused my elected position as a school board trustee. In addition: • On April 8, 2025, Mr. Fleming personally appeared at an ESUHSD Board meeting and read the defamatory accusations aloud, escalating the reputational harm. • The letter also dragged in my husband and my niece, who was the festival’s event coordinator. • My niece submitted two formal apology requests (April 18 and June 25, 2025), both of which were ignored by the City Attorney, Mayor’s O ice, and City Council. • Despite the East Side Union High School District publicly clarifying that I acted solely as a private citizen and volunteer, the City refused to correct the harm. • The City Attorney and City...