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CITY OF SANTA MONICA v. STEWART

Nos. B159223, B164794, B160037, B162530.

24 Cal.Rptr.3d 72 (2005)

126 Cal.App.4th 43

CITY OF SANTA MONICA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Maria STEWART, Defendant and Respondent, Douglas Heller, et al., Intervenors and Respondents. Rene Amy, Plaintiff, v. City of Pasadena, et al., Defendants, Cross-Complainants and Respondents, Paul Monsour, et al., Intervenors, Cross-Defendants and Appellants.

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

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing February 28, 2005.

Review Denied April 27, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marsha Jones Moutrie, City Attorney, Jeanette Schachtner and Anthony P. Serritella, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant City of Santa Monica.

Rutan & Tucker, LLP, John A. Ramirez, Joel D. Kuperberg and Michael R.W. Houston, Costa Mesa, for Defendant and Respondent Maria Stewart.

Strumwasser & Woocher, LLP, Fredric D. Woocher, Michael J. Strumwasser, Santa Monica, and Lea Rappaport Geller for Intervenors and Respondents Douglas Heller and The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.

Strumwasser & Woocher, LLP, Fredric D. Woocher, Michael J. Strumwasser, Santa Monica, Lea Rappaport Geller and Samuel G. Goldstein, for Intervenors, Cross-defendants and Appellants Paul Monsour and Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights.

Michele Beal Bagneris, City Attorney, and Richards, Watson & Gershon, T. Peter Pierce and Craig S. Steele, Los Angeles, for Defendants, Cross-complainants and Respondents City of Pasadena, Jane Rodriguez, City Clerk, and William Bogaard, Mayor of the City of Pasadena.

BOLAND, J.

SUMMARY

Lawsuits were brought relating to the enforcement of initiatives approved by voters in Santa Monica and Pasadena. The initiatives sought to prevent city officials from receiving certain advantages from persons or entities who derived benefit from discretionary decisions made by those officials. This case involves consolidated appeals challenging four separate rulings in the two actions.

In the Santa Monica suit, the trial court...

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