(FOX40.COM) — Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho appears prepared to settle a years-long lawsuit against Sacramento, new documents show.
In September 2023, Ho filed the suit against the city, alleging Sacramento’s approach to homeless encampments let the city “collapse into chaos.” At the time, Ho said city officials had declined his request that they enforce local sidewalk obstruction laws and create formal comping sites.
“This is a model for the people to stand up and hold their government accountable,” Ho told the Associated Press at the time. “All I’m asking is the city do its job.”
Now, it appears he’s ready to settle.
On March 11, an attorney with the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office filed a notice of settlement with Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jill Talley.
The notice notes that the settlement will be conditional, with conditions that have not yet been released.
A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office would not comment on the filing or the terms of the settlement, telling FOX40 only that “there has not been a final formal settlement reached in this matter.”
For Sacramento’s side, a spokesperson told FOX40 the city does not comment on pending litigation and directed questions to the district attorney’s office.
The next hearing in the case is set for March 20.
When the lawsuit was filed, then-Mayor Darrell Steinberg accused Ho of politicizing the issue of homelessness.
“The city needs real partnership from the region’s leaders, not politics and lawsuits,” Steinberg said.
Ho, first elected as the county’s top prosecutor, is now running for Congress.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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