HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASS'N v. LA HABRA

No. G020573.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 273 (1999)

HOWARD JARVIS TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF LA HABRA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

Review Granted November 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trevor A. Grimm, Los Angeles, Jonathan M. Coupal, Sacramento, and Timothy Bittle for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Richard D. Jones and Kimberly Hall Barlow, Brea, for Defendant and Respondent City of La Habra.

Laurence M. Watson, County Counsel, and Jim Persinger, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent County of Orange.

Markman, Arczynski, Hanson, Curley & Slough, James L. Markman and Boyd L. Hill, Brea, for Amici Curiae on behalf of California Cities and California State Association of Counties.


OPINION

SEYMOUR, J.*

In this case we are asked to decide when the statute of limitations commences to run on an action against a city which imposed a general tax on its residents without complying with the voter approval mandates of Proposition 62. (Gov.Code, §§ 53720-53730.) The respondents, City of La Habra (the City) and County of Orange (the County), contend the statute commenced to run on the date the City enacted...

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