PALISADES BOWL MOBILE ESTATES, LLC v. CITY OF
ANGELES
Filed 8/31/10
FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
PACIFIC
PALISADES BOWL MOBILE ESTATES, LLC,
Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
CITY
OF LOS ANGELES,
Defendant and Appellant.
B216515
(Los Angeles County
Super. Ct. No. BS112956)
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior
Court for Los
Angeles County, James C. Chalfant, Judge.
Reversed.
Blum Collins and Craig M. Collins for
Plaintiff and Appellant.
Carmen A. Trutanich, City Attorney,
Jeri L. Burge, Assistant City Attorney, and Amy Brothers, Deputy City Attorney,
for Defendant and Appellant.
Aleshire & Wynder, William W.
Wynder and Sunny K. Soltani for Amicus Curiae Palisades Bowl Residents'
Association, Inc. and City of Carson in support of City of Los Angeles.
Law Office of William J. Constantine and
William J. Constantine for Amicus Curiae The Golden State Manufactured Home
Owners' League in support of City of Los Angeles.
Bien & Summers, Elliot L. Bien and
Amy E. Margolin for Amicus Curiae Western Manufactured Housing Communities
Association in support of Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates, LLC.
The California Legislature enacted a
statute -- Government Code[1]
section 66427.5 -- that facilitates the conversion of mobilehome parks to
resident ownership by limiting a local authority's traditional power to
regulate development within the local authority's territory when the proposed
development is the conversion of a mobilehome park. That statute imposes certain specific
requirements on the subdivider seeking the conversion (aimed at preventing the
displacement of current residents, particularly those with lower incomes), and
provides that the scope of the hearing at which the local authority may
approve, conditionally approve, or deny the tentative map â€
| Description | The California Legislature enacted a statute -- Government Code[1] section 66427.5 -- that facilitates the conversion of mobilehome parks to resident ownership by limiting a local authority's traditional power to regulate development within the local authority's territory when the proposed development is the conversion of a mobilehome park. That statute imposes certain specific requirements on the subdivider seeking the conversion (aimed at preventing the displacement of current residents, particularly those with lower incomes), and provides that the scope of the hearing at which the local authority may approve, conditionally approve, or deny the tentative map †|
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