PLH v. City of L.A. CA2/5
This case arises from a dispute over whether state law required respondent City of Los Angeles (the City) to issue building permits to petitioners and appellants PLH, LLC and related entities (petitioner) without petitioner first obtaining conditional use permits. The state law in question is the California Solar Rights Act of 1978 (Stats. 1978, ch. 1154, the “Solar Rights Act”) and relevant subsequent amendments. Interpreting the law in effect at the time of the trial court’s decision in November 2019, the trial court found that the Solar Rights Act did not apply to petitioner’s projects; the trial court denied the writ relief sought by petitioner in three consolidated cases, dismissed the remaining claims, and entered judgment in favor of the City. Petitioner appealed.
While petitioner’s appeal was pending, the relevant statutory language was amended, effective January 1, 2022, to expressly exclude projects like the ones proposed by petitioner.
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