GRIFFIN DEVELOPMENT CO. v. CITY OF OXNARD

Docket No. L.A. 31930.

39 Cal.3d 256 (1985)

703 P.2d 339

217 Cal. Rptr. 1

GRIFFIN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF OXNARD et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

August 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cohen, England, Whitfield & Osborne, Cohen, England & Whitfield, Stanley E. Cohen and Stuart A. Comis for Plaintiff and Appellant.

K.D. Lyders, City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, N. Gregory Taylor, Theodora Berger, Assistant Attorneys General, Steven H. Kaufmann and Timothy R. Patterson, Deputy Attorneys General, Natalie E. West, City Attorney (Berkeley), and Penny Nakatsu as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

Appellant, developer and owner of an apartment complex in the City of Oxnard, appeals from a judgment upholding the city's denial of a special use permit for the conversion of the apartments to condominium units. The primary issue is whether a city may — consistent with the requirements of due process — regulate the conversion of apartments to condominiums. If it may, did the city's application of its...

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