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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 13, 2021 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:21-734 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Fran Robustelli <br />City Manager <br />BY: <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council approving and authorizing <br />the City of San Leandro to enter into Settlement Agreements with McKesson <br />Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc. Amerisource Bergen Corporation, Johnson & <br />Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Orhto-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, <br />Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Participate and Receive Settlement <br />Funds Derived From Multi-District Litigation in Cooperation with the California <br />Attorney General <br />WHEREAS, the United States is facing an ongoing public health crisis of opioid abuse, <br />addiction, overdose, and death. The State of California and California local governments spend <br />millions of dollars each year to address the direct consequences of this crisis; and <br />WHEREAS, since 2017, state and local governments in California and around the United <br />States have been pursuing litigation against certain manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of <br />opioid pharmaceuticals (the “Opioid Defendants”) in an effort to hold the Opioid Defendants <br />financially responsible for the impact of the Opioid Epidemic; and <br />WHEREAS, negotiations to settle claims against several of the Opioid Defendants, <br />specifically McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, <br />Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., <br />and Janssen Pharmaceutical, Inc. (the “Settling Defendants”) have been ongoing for several <br />years; and <br />WHEREAS, negotiations with the Settling Defendants have resulted in proposed <br />nationwide settlements of state and local government claims to settle the litigation; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed terms of those proposed nationwide settlements have been set <br />forth in the Distributors Master Settlement Agreement and the J&J Master Settlement Agreement <br />(collectively “Settlement Agreements”); and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/9/2021 <br />344