California Court of Appeal

In an action filed by real parties in interest under Code of Civil Procedure section 526a against defendant-cities for declaratory and injunctive relief for illegal policies and practices, petitions for writ of mandate are denied where neither the California Public Records Act (CPRA) nor Filarsky v. Superior Court precluded real parties in interest from proceeding with their action against petitioners.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/17/2009
• Published 02/17/2009

Judges

• MIHARA, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ann Miller Ravel, County Counsel, Marcy L. Berkman, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioners., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General of the State of California Jonathan K. Renner, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher E. Krueger, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Anthony R. Hakl, Deputy Attorney General, for State of California, et al., Richard Doyle, City Attorney, Nora Frimann, Chief Trial Attorney, Lisa Herrick, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Brian C. Hopper, Senior Deputy City Attorney, for City of San Jose, et al., William R. Seligmann, City Attorney of Campbell, for City of Campbell et al., Donald A. Larkin, Assistant City Attorney, for City of Palo Alto, et al., Orry P. Korb, Los Gatos Town Attorney, for Town of Los Gatos, et al., James McManis, Marwa Elzankaly, Christine Peek, Geoffrey Bentzel, McManis Faulkner & Morgan, San Jose, for Real Parties in Interest., John J. Sansone, County Counsel, Deborah A. McCarthy, Chief Deputy, for Amici Curiae League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties.