municipal law
Representative Cases
- Plaintiff group filed action against city, arising from disputes over the city’s regulation of billboards in violation of a successful ballot proposition limiting installation of billboards within a city. The city cross-complained for declaratory and related relief seeking right to remove billboards.
- Plaintiff private entity seeks declaratory relief as to validity of proceedings by City Council under the Brown Act, relating to closed session of city council.
- County sued its Sheriff to compel him to appear before its Board of Supervisors to testify about his handling of Covid-19 in its jails. Sheriff initially refused to testify until a deal was brokered in the case.