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REPLACEMENT COPY OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2025

Name Category Published
The Kennedy Commission v. Superior Court (People)
Regardless of City of Huntington Beach's status as a charter city, it was subject to the Housing Element Law's compliance deadlines and injunctive restrictions on city authority. 		Real Property, Municipal Law 4DCA/1 Sep. 15, 2025
Hu v. City of San Jose
Because bike lane adjacent to city street was not a "trail" under Government Code section 835, trail immunity did not shield City from potential liability for biker's injury. 		Municipal Law, Immunity 6DCA Sep. 10, 2025
Thacker v. City of Fairfield
City's increase of a flat per-parcel assessment from $196.23 to $300 constituted an "increase" under Proposition 218, requiring compliance with voter approval procedures. 		Municipal Law, Real Property 1DCA/5 Sep. 2, 2025
Solano County Orderly Growth Committee v. City of Fairfield
Because City's determination involving water service agreement for an unincorporated development was reasonable, despite questions regarding statutory consistency requirements, it should have been approved. 		Municipal Law, Water Rights 1DCA/2 Sep. 2, 2025
Byrne v. Rule
Suit to enforce Brown Act closed-session confidentiality fell within anti-SLAPP public-interest exception. 		Anti-SLAPP, Municipal Law 2DCA/6 Aug. 27, 2025
Dessins v. City of Sacramento
City was permitted to vote as a property owner in a one-vote-per-property election to impose a storm-drainage fee. 		Municipal Law 3DCA Jul. 11, 2025
Rogers v. City of Redlands
City's imposition of a surcharge to its waste refuse customers to help alleviate street repair costs incurred from the impact of refuse vehicles violated Vehicle Code section 9400.8. 		Municipal Law, Utilities 4DCA/3 Jul. 2, 2025
Palms Springs Promenade, LLC v. Dept. of Industrial Relations
Although partially funded by city tax dollars, development project was not municipal work eligible for City's anti-prevailing wage ordinance because project was not primarily for a public purpose with public benefits. 		Municipal Law, Employment Law 4DCA/1 Jun. 17, 2025
Old Golden Oaks v. County of Amador
County's catch-all provision in permit submission checklist did not comply with Permit Streamlining Act's requirement to specifically list all information required from a permit applicant. 		Municipal Law, Environmental Law 3DCA Jun. 3, 2025
Moving Oxnard Forward, Inc. v. City of Oxnard
Bonds issued by joint powers financing authority and financed using a lease-leaseback agreement did not violate the California Constitution's prohibition on local governments incurring long-term debts. 		Municipal Law 2DCA/6 May 22, 2025
Tarlton & Sons v. Great American Insurance Co.
Order sustaining demurrer on subcontractor's payment bond claim against school district was reversed, where no "cessation of labor" occurred that would trigger the statute of limitations. 		Municipal Law, Insurance 2DCA/6 May 22, 2025
Santa Ana Police Officers Assn. et al. v. City of Santa Ana
City's failure to follow mandated procedures regarding investigation into the public release of police officers' records required mandamus relief to compel its compliance. 		Municipal Law 4DCA/3 Mar. 4, 2025
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
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