Sen. Catherine Blakespear appears to be the only member of the California Legislature who has a legal defense fund. She is using it to cover bills from a lawsuit from the time she was Encinitas mayor.
A first-term state senator is raising money from interest groups to fight ongoing litigation related to complaints that she blocked critics on social media in her previous job as a mayor.
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Blakespear files countersuit against residents in ongoing legal dispute thecoastnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thecoastnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Five Encinitas residents and up to 30 unnamed individuals filed a lawsuit against Mayor Catherine Blakespear on Wednesday in Vista Superior Court for blocking public comments on her mayoral Facebook page and allegedly breaching the terms of a previous settlement agreement reached this past spring.