Mar. 27, 2025
Santa Ana must face zoning suit over health clinic block
A federal judge ruled that Santa Ana may have acted in bad faith when it abruptly passed a zoning ordinance blocking a nonprofit clinic's downtown property purchase, allowing key claims in the clinic's lawsuit to move forward.
A federal judge has allowed a nonprofit health clinic's lawsuit against Santa Ana to move forward, finding the city may have acted in bad faith when it abruptly passed a zoning ordinance that derailed the clinic's planned property purchase in the downtown district.
However, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter dismissed the clinic's procedural due process claim, finding no protectable property interest, and ruled that its federal health center status alone did not show ...
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