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Moving Oxnard Forward Inc. v. Ascension
Where the record supported that City's measure to limit campaign contributions were not meant to avoid the appearance of *quid pro quo* corruption, it violated the First Amendment. 		Constitutional Law, Municipal Law 9th Dec. 23, 2024
Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles
Despite new legislation's mandates disallowing law enforcement gang participation, targeted interviews of certain officers triggered Meyers-Milias Brown Act meet-and-confer requirements. 		Government, Municipal Law 2DCA/5 Nov. 22, 2024
Modification: Gooden v. County of Los Angeles
Where County's amendment to proposed land use plan did not alter the plan's main features, California Environmental Quality Act was not violated. 		Environmental Law, Municipal Law 2DCA/2 Nov. 18, 2024
Gooden v. County of Los Angeles
Where County's amendment to proposed land use plan did not alter the plan's main features, California Environmental Quality Act was not violated. 		Environmental Law, Municipal Law 2DCA/2 Oct. 29, 2024
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. v. Powell
Public interest exemption to anti-SLAPP statute did not apply because no public interest was advanced by suing individual defendants for relief that only defendant Water District could provide. 		Anti-SLAPP, Municipal Law 4DCA/2 Oct. 15, 2024
Review granted: Cohen v. Superior Court (Schwartz)
Overruling *Riley v. Hilton Hotels Corp,* appellate court determined that Government Code Section 3600(a) only allows the government, not private individuals, to prosecute municipal code violations. 		Municipal Law 2DCA/4 Sep. 23, 2024
League of California Cities v. Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission's subsequent order--clarifying wireless towers' concealment and siting requirements--was an impermissible, unlawful legislative act. 		Administrative Agencies, Municipal Law 9th Sep. 16, 2024
San Francisco Apartment Assn. v. City and County of San Francisco
San Francisco's ordinance extending 3-day notice to 10 days for landlords pursuing at-fault evictions was completely preempted by state law. 		Municipal Law, Real Property 1DCA/2 Sep. 13, 2024
Pimentel v. City of Los Angeles
Summary judgment was inappropriate where no evidence showed City's basis for setting parking citation late-payment penalty at 100 percent of the original fine was proportional and not arbitrary. 		Constitutional Law, Municipal Law 9th Sep. 10, 2024
Modification: San Pablo Ave. Golden Gate Improvement Assn. v. City Council of Oakland
Municipal enforcement regulations providing for public challenges to violative uses and existing nuisances did not provide a legal basis for challenging city planning department's prior zoning determination. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/4 Jul. 31, 2024
Modification: The Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court (Parnassus Neighborhood Coalition)
UC Regents' construction plans for hospital were a governmental activity and therefore exempt from local building and zoning ordinances. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/3 Jul. 3, 2024
San Pablo Ave. Golden Gate Improvement Assn. v. City Council of Oakland
Municipal enforcement regulations providing for public challenges to violative uses and existing nuisances did not provide a legal basis for challenging city planning department's prior zoning determination. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/4 Jul. 2, 2024
Modification: Cohen v. Superior Court (Schwartz)
Overruling *Riley v. Hilton Hotels Corp,* appellate court determined that Government Code Section 3600(a) only allows the government, not private individuals, to prosecute municipal code violations. 		Municipal Law California Courts of Appeal Jun. 21, 2024
The Regents of the University of California v. Superior Court (Parnassus Neighborhood Coalition)
UC Regents' construction plans for hospital were a governmental activity and therefore exempt from local building and zoning ordinances. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/3 Jun. 17, 2024
Cohen v. Superior Court (Schwartz)
Overruling *Riley v. Hilton Hotels Corp,* appellate court determined that Government Code Section 3600(a) only allows the government, not private individuals, to prosecute municipal code violations. 		Municipal Law 2DCA/4 Jun. 7, 2024
People ex rel. International Assn. of Firefighters v. City of Palo Alto
In quo warranto action, trial court's decision to fashion an alternative remedy rather than invalidate an unlawful measure was an abuse of discretion. 		Municipal Law, Remedies 6DCA Jun. 5, 2024
Cajon Valley Union School District et al. v. Drager
Further redevelopment agency fund payments to school districts were not required after reaching cap set in pass-through agreement that predated January 1994 because the agency's plan was amended in 2007. 		Municipal Law 3DCA May 20, 2024
Diamond S.J. Enterprise, Inc., DBA S. J. Live v. City of San Jose
Nightclub's facial attack on San Jose nuisance ordinances failed because the challenged provisions did not give city officials unbridled discretion that created a risk of censorship. 		Constitutional Law, Municipal Law 9th May 1, 2024
Summerfield v. City of Inglewood
Inglewood did not create "dangerous condition" in Darby Park parking lot by failing to install security cameras because the absence of cameras did not create a substantial risk of being shot. 		Municipal Law 2DCA/8 Oct. 27, 2023
Snowball West Investments v. City of Los Angeles
Government Code section 65589.5(j)(4) (Housing Accountability Act exemption) did not exempt developer's project from the requirement of a zone change. 		Municipal Law 2DCA/4 Oct. 27, 2023
Modification: Lacy v. City and County of San Francisco
City of San Francisco had constitutional authority to expand electorate for school board elections to include resident noncitizen parents or guardians of school-age children. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/5 Aug. 30, 2023
Airlines for America v. City and County of San Francisco
City was acting as a regulator, rather than as a market participant, when it required airlines seeking to use its airport to provide better health benefits to its employees. 		Municipal Law 9th Aug. 30, 2023
Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs v. County of Los Angeles
Section 21 of the L.A. County Charter does not grant county counsel exclusive authority to settle appeals of discipline that are pending before the County Civil Service Commission. 		Municipal Law 2DCA/1 Aug. 22, 2023
Lacy v. City and County of San Francisco
City of San Francisco had constitutional authority to expand electorate for school board elections to include resident noncitizen parents or guardians of school-age children. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/5 Aug. 9, 2023
Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. County of Monterey
Because Monterey County's Measure Z, which attempted to ban certain environmentally-unfriendly methods of gas and oil extraction, directly conflicted with state laws, it was preempted. 		Municipal Law CASC Aug. 4, 2023
Lafayette Bollinger Development v. Town of Moraga
Although city's vague land-use designation violated Government Code Section 65302, trial court's issuance of writ requiring city's compliance with statute's requirements was sufficient. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/1 Jul. 21, 2023
City of Hesperia v. Lake Arrowhead Community Services Dist.
Plaintiff city's writ request to stop solar project was barred by the doctrine of laches as its unreasonable delay in raising the project's eligibility issue unduly prejudiced defendant. 		Municipal Law 4DCA/1 Jul. 13, 2023
Discovery Builders v. City of Oakland
Contractual provision ostensibly preventing the City of Oakland from imposing new impact fees on a development was invalid because it was an impermissible infringement of the City's inherent police power. 		Municipal Law 1DCA/3 Jun. 23, 2023
Modification: Hamilton and High, LLC v. City of Palo Alto
Palo Alto's in-lieu parking fee, imposed to alleviate increased parking demands resulting from new developments, fell under the Mitigation Fee Act necessitating strict compliance with the statute's requirements. 		Municipal Law 6DCA Apr. 19, 2023
Hamilton and High, LLC v. City of Palo Alto
Palo Alto's in-lieu parking fee, imposed to alleviate increased parking demands resulting from new developments, fell under the Mitigation Fee Act necessitating strict compliance with the statute's requirements. 		Municipal Law 6DCA Mar. 22, 2023
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