SR-11-10-1964-8ECITY OF SANTA MONICA ~ 64-C-152
I?ATE: November 5, 1964 ~~~` Y ~.e~ ~~'~"~~
NOV 2 ~ 1964
TO: Tile Honorable City Council ~°~~~ ;~l US1' ~
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FROsY: Perry Scott, City :'Manager :~~,
SUBJECT: Hold Harmless Agreement, Los Angeles County
Recent State legislation has substantially altered and enlarged
the liability of public entities, including the imposition of joint
and several liability on public entities who are parties to an
agreement where the entities are cooperating on a project or
where one public agency is performing a service for another.
The City of Santa ti-onica is involved in several such situations
with the County of Los Angeles. The City contracts with the
County for health services, cooperative purchasing, and par-
ticipates in mutual fire aid operations.
The attached proposed "Assumption of Liabilaty Amendment"
would add a hold harmless clause to each of the existing and
future agreements of this type between the City of Santa Monica
and Los Angeles County. The County thereby assumes full
liability and responsibility to defend and hold the City harm-
iess to the extent of $1, 000, 000 for each occurrence or accident
in matters of joint liability created by City-County agreements.
It is the recommendation of this office, in which the Cit;A
Attorney concurs, that the City Council authorize ex~c~`'~o<;-.
of the "Assumption of Laabiiity Amendment."
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