LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

No. B213703.

181 Cal.App.4th 414 (2010)

104 Cal.Rptr.3d 590

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Respondents; CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents.

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

January 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strumwasser & Woocher, Michael J. Strumwasser, Gregory G. Luke, Aparna Sridhar; John F. Walsh and Gregory L. McNair for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Troutman Sanders, Paul L. Gale, Erik M. Pritchard, Jenece D. Solomon, Peter R. Lucier; Robert E. Kalunian, Acting County Counsel, and Thomas M. Tyrrell, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Respondents County of Los Angeles and J. Tyler McCauley, as Auditor-Controller for the County of Los Angeles and for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents Antelope Valley Resource Conservation District, Bell Gardens Lighting District, Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County, Consolidated Maintenance Sewage District, Firestone Garbage Disposal District, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, Los Angeles County Lighting Maintenance District No. 1697, Los Angeles County Sanitation District, Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 23-Refuse T & D System, Los Angeles County Sanitation District No. 1 Operating, Los Angeles County West Vector Control District, Mesa Heights Garbage Disposal District and Wilmington Cemetery District.

Kane Ballmer & Berkman, Murray O. Kane, Donald P. Johnson, Susan Y. Cola; Carmen A. Trutanich, City Attorney, and Colleen M. Courtney, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles and Maywood Redevelopment Agency and for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents City of Lynwood, City of Maywood, Culver City and Culver City Redevelopment Agency.

Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin and Roger A. Colvin for Defendant and Respondent City of Bell Gardens Redevelopment Agency and for Real Party in Interest and Respondent City of Bell Gardens.

Robert E. Shannon, City Attorney, and Randall C. Fudge, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendant and Respondent Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach and for Real Party in Interest and Respondent City of Long Beach.

Aleshire & Wynder, June S. Ailin, William W. Wynder and Dawn C. Honeywell for Defendants and Respondents City of Carson Redevelopment Agency and City of Lynwood Redevelopment Agency and for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents City of Carson and City of Lynwood.

Richards Watson Gershon, Gregory M. Kunert, Michael Estrada and Roxanne M. Diaz for Defendants and Respondents Community Development Commission of the City of Huntington Park, San Fernando Redevelopment Agency and West Hollywood Redevelopment Agency [West Hollywood Community Development Commission] and for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents City of Huntington Park, City of San Fernando, City of West Hollywood and West Hollywood Lighting Maintenance District.

Jeff A. Harrison and Willard G. Yamaguchi for Defendant and Respondent City of Vernon Redevelopment Agency and for Real Party in Interest and Respondent City of Vernon.

Vanderford & Ruiz, Rodolfo F. Ruiz and Paloma Peracchio for Defendant and Respondent Cudahy Redevelopment Agency and for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents City of Cudahy and City of Cudahy Lighting District Zone 1.

Eduardo Olivo, City Attorney, and Bruce Bartram for Defendant and Respondent Commerce Community Development Commission and for Real Party in Interest and Respondent City of Commerce.

Carpenter, Rothans & Dumont, Steven J. Rothans, Justin Reade Sarno and David G. Torres-Siegrist for Defendant and Respondent City of South Gate Community Development Commission and for Real Party in Interest and Respondent City of South Gate.

Carmen A. Trutanich, City Attorney, and Todd T. Leung, Deputy City Attorney, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent City of Los Angeles.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and Curtis D. Parvin for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Central Basin Municipal Water District.

Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson and James M. Casso for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Water Replenishment District of Southern California—Central and West Basin.

Lemieux & O'Neill, W. Keith Lemieux, Steven P. O'Neill and Christine Carson for Real Party in Interest and Respondent West Basin Municipal Water District.

Thomas & Thomas, Andrew J. Thomas and J. Michael Echevarria for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District.

Karen L. Tachiki, Sydney B. Bennion and Peter E. von Haam for Real Parties in Interest and Respondents City of Long Beach Area-Southern California Metropolitan Water District, City of Los Angeles Area-Southern California Metropolitan Water District, City of San Fernando Area-Southern California Metropolitan Water District, Central Basin-Southern California Metropolitan Water District, and West Basin-Southern California Metropolitan Water District.

Mitchel R. Weinbaum for Real Party in Interest and Respondent Compton Creek Mosquito Abatement District.


OPINION

SUZUKAWA, J.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of mandate. Plaintiff Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) petitioned to compel defendants County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, and numerous community redevelopment and other local agencies1 (collectively, the County) to increase its allocation of community redevelopment...

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