CALIF. FED. SAVINGS & LOAN ASSN. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. S013951.

54 Cal.3d 1 (1991)

812 P.2d 916

283 Cal. Rptr. 569

CALIFORNIA FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Richard A. Dawson, Assistant City Attorney, and Myrtle Dankers, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Appellant.

Louise H. Renne, City Attorney (San Francisco), John J. Doherty and Thomas J. Owens, Deputy City Attorneys, Joan R. Gallo, City Attorney (San Jose), Michael F. Dean, City Attorney (Roseville), Jack L. White, City Attorney (Anaheim), and William C. Marsh, City Attorney (Monterey), as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Martin S. Schwartz, McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, McKenna & Fitting, Aaron M. Peck, Michael T. Lambert and Theresa A. Kristovich for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Christopher Chenoweth, Philip M. Plant, Ronald A. Zumbrun, Anthony T. Caso and Jonathan M. Coupal as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

Since the addition of the "home rule" provision to our Constitution in 1896, the organic law of California has granted charter cities sovereignty over "municipal affairs." Although this court and the Court of Appeal have parsed that cryptic phrase in literally scores of cases in the 95 years since the adoption of what is now article XI, section 5, subdivision (a) of the...

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