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Litigation

Jan. 5, 2017

LA County park tax measure illegal, lawsuit claims

A lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday said a recent voter-approved property tax measure is illegal.

By Justin Kloczko
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to block a tax on property to fund parks in Los Angeles County on the grounds that the levy is illegal because it doesn't uniformly apply to all taxpayers.

The swiftly filed lawsuit is in response to the voter-approved ballot Measure A, passed in November in order to fund parks and recreation projects, which calls for a 1.5-cent tax for eve...

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