FREENY v. CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA

No. B240893.

216 Cal.App.4th 1333 (2013)

157 Cal. Rptr. 3d 768

ROBERT FREENY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF SAN BUENAVENTURA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

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

June 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of James B. Devine and James B. Devine for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Ariel Pierre Calonne , City Attorney, Andy H. Viets and Jennifer Lee , Assistant City Attorneys, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

HOFFSTADT, J.*

California's Government Tort Claims Act (Act; Gov. Code, § 810 et seq.) confers immunity from tort liability on public employees when they make "basic policy decisions" in a legislative capacity. (See Gov. Code, §§ 820.2, 821, 821.2.)1 We hold that public employees' tort immunity for legislative decisionmaking applies even when that decisionmaking...

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