‘Catastrophic’ injuries include leg amputation; litigation insurance shrinks city’s cost to $3M
City taxpayers will only pay $3 million of the $16 million crash settlement because San Diego is a member of a joint powers authority that will cover the rest. The authority pools the liability risk of multiple government agencies.
In the case involving former Chargers player Michael Lee, two officers are accused of violating his civil rights and arresting him without probable cause around 2 a.m. on May 28, 2017, near a club called Sadaf.
Lee, who claims the injuries he suffered cost him his roster spot with the Chargers, also accused the officers of negligence and battery in the lawsuit he filed in 2018.
By Alberto Garcia and Andrea Lopez-Villafana
The San Diego City Council last week approved a $30.2 million project that will retrofit 14,000 street lights to LED units, but the program also includes 3,200 surveillance camera and microphone units that were discreetly referred to as “sensor nodes.” The project has been described as the world’s largest smart city Internet of Things (IoT) sensor platform.
During presentations at the City’s Infrastructure Committee on June 29, as well as before the full City Council on July 17, city staff from the Environmental Services Department described the project as an “Intelligent Cities Outdoor Lighting Program” with the stated goal of supporting the City’s Climate Action Plan.