California Court of Appeal

Judgments finding amendments to defendants' redevelopment plan, resulting in the building of an automobile test track facility on desert land, to be valid, are reversed as defendants interpreted California's Community Redevelopment Law erroneously when it found that the lack of legal and physical access to a right-of-way meant the subject lots were of irregular form and shape and, thus, approval of the redevelopment plan is invalid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/09/2007
• Published 01/09/2007

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kane, Ballmer & Berkman, Murray O. Kane, June Ailin, Los Angeles, and Donald P. Johnson for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Motschiedler, Michaelides & Wishon and C. William Brewer, Fresno, for Won Gin Ng and Rose Ng as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Tom Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriguez, Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel L. Siegel, Deputy Attorney General for Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants., Bernard C. Barmann, Sr., County Counsel (Kern) and Stephen D. Schuett, Assistant County Counsel, for County of Kern as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Price, Postel & Parma, Todd A. Amspoker, Mark S. Manion, Santa Barbara;  Kuhs & Parker, Robert G. Kuhs, Bakersfield;  and R. Bruce Tepper for Defendants and Respondents.