Filner signs resignation letter ahead of council's settlement vote

Filner signs resignation letter ahead of council’s settlement vote

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Bob Filner enters the San Diego council chambers to announce that he is resigning as mayor as his supporters applaud in the background. He was publicly accused of sexual harassment by many women. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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In the San Diego City Council chambers Bob Filner announces he is resigning as mayor. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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As Bob Filner addresses the City Council, the official San Diego city statement is projected on a screen. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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San Diego City Council President Todd Gloria, right, listens to public comment about Mayor Bob Filner during a special meeting in the council chambers. Later in the afternoon, Filner appeared and announced his resignation, with Gloria appointed interim mayor. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

By Tony Perry

Aug. 23, 2013 10:37 AM PT

SAN DIEGO -- Mayor Bob Filner has signed a letter of resignation, pending City Council approval of a proposal reached during mediation between his lawyers and the city attorney over a sexual harassment lawsuit against the mayor, city officials said Friday.

The City Council is set to hold a meeting at 1 p.m. Friday to consider the deal struck during three days of mediation. The council will take public testimony and then meet in closed session.

Once council members emerge from the closed session, they will announce their vote and list the details of the deal. Filner may also make comments.

The deal involves a financial settlement between the city and Filner and his attorneys over legal fees and potential damages from a lawsuit filed by Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred on behalf of Filner’s former director of communications, Irene McCormack Jackson.

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