PALMER/SIXTH STREET PROPERTIES, L.P. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. B206102.

175 Cal.App.4th 1396 (2009)

PALMER/SIXTH STREET PROPERTIES, L.P., et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

July 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rockard J. Delgadillo, City Attorney, Jeri L. Burge, Assistant City Attorney, Tayo A. Popoola and Michael J. Bostrom, Deputy City Attorneys, for Defendant and Appellant.

ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Peter Bibring, Peter J. Eliasberg, Mark D. Rosenbaum; Western Center on Law & Poverty, Richard Rothschild, Lynn Martinez; Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Christian Abasto; California Affordable Housing Law Project, Public Interest Law Project, Michael Rawson; Public Counsel Law Center, Shashi Hanuman; and Bet Tzedek Legal Services and Michelle Marie Kezirian for Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing and The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Costell & Cornelius Law Corporation, Jeffrey Lee Costell, Alexandre Ian Cornelius, Mitchell E. Rishe and Sean M. Cronin for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

SUZUKAWA, J.

The superior court issued a writ of mandate that precludes appellant City of Los Angeles (the City) from enforcing an affordable housing ordinance against a mixed use project that is being developed by respondents Palmer/Sixth Street Properties, L.P., and Geoffrey Palmer (jointly, Palmer). The superior court concluded that, as applied to Palmer's proposed project, the affordable housing ordinance conflicts with and...

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