California Court of Appeal

A city ordinance, attempting to reassign properties from one project area to another, was void because it was enacted for the improper purpose of changing the base year tax value of the parcel of land; evidence did not support a city's findings of substantial "blight" in a project area under the Community Redevelopment Law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/18/2002
• Published 06/18/2002

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  James L. Markman, City Attorney;  Richards, Watson & Gershon, Gregory M. Kunert and T. Peter Pierce, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Appellants., C. Robert Ferguson, Claremont, for Plaintiff and Respondent William Graber., Law Offices of Kathryn Reimann and Kathryn Reimann, Monterey;  Alan K. Marks, County Counsel, and Michelle Blakemore, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent County of San Bernardino.