BARRATT AMERICAN v. RANCHO CUCAMONGA

No. S117590.

37 Cal.Rptr.3d 149 (2005)

37 Cal.4th 685

124 P.3d 719

BARRATT AMERICAN, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California

December 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Walter P. McNeill, Walter P. McNeill, Redding; Law Offices of Richard D. Gann and Richard D. Gann, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and David P. Lanferman, San Francisco, for California Building Industry Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jonathan M. Coupal and Timothy A. Bittle, Sacramento, for Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Law Office of Brent & Klein and Jason G. Brent, Tehachapi, for George C. Jenkins as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

James S. Burling and Meriem L. Hubbard, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Richards, Watson & Gershon, James L. Markman, Brea, B. Tilden Kim Los Angeles, and Juliet E. Cox, for Defendant and Respondent.

Best, Best & Krieger, Jeffrey V. Dunn, Irvine, and Mark D. Servin, for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


CHIN, J.

The Mitigation Fee Act (Gov.Code, §§ 66000-66025)1 (the Act) was passed by the Legislature "`in response to concerns among developers that local agencies were imposing development fees for purposes unrelated to development projects.'" (Ehrlich v. City of Culver City (1996) 12 Cal.4th 854, 864, 50 Cal...

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