Representative Clients:
Associations

California Air Pollution Control Officers Association

The Firm represented the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association ("CAPCOA") in an action entitled Dunn Edwards Corporation, et al. v. South Coast Air Quality Management District, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. C753978, where several paint manufacturers and distributors challenged the implementation by the South Coast Air Quality Management District ("SCAQMD"), the Bay Area Quality Management District ("BAAQMD") and several air pollution air control districts of certain air pollution control regulations for Volatile Organic Compounds ("VOCs") and whether the SCAQMD and BAAQMD complied with CEQA in assessing the environmental effect of those regulations. The Firm obtained a dismissal with prejudice for CAPCOA in this litigation in 1994.

The Firm also represented CAPCOA in earlier litigation bearing the same name which challenged the enactment by the SCAQMD and BAAQMD, from which the Firm secured a dismissal with prejudice for CAPCOA.

Central City East Association

The Firm was retained by a group of businesses in Central Los Angeles in the matter of Central City East Association v. City of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. C675061, filed January 1988, an action challenging the establishment of a residence for the mentally ill homeless in the City of Los Angeles on the grounds that the City had not complied with CEQA and its general plan development requirements. The matter was settled in May 1988 to the satisfaction of the plaintiff businesses.

Central City South Association

The Firm was retained by owners of industrial property in the City of Vernon to challenge a conditional use permit issued by the City of Vernon for a hazardous waste incinerator. Central City South Association v. City of Vernon, et al. (California Thermal Treatment Services, real party-in-interest), Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. C671345, filed December 18, 1987, settled, December 1988.

The Firm also represented the Association in 1986 and 1987 in opposition to the LANCER project, a municipal incineration project proposed in South Central Los Angeles. The principal basis of challenge was the City's failure to comply with CEQA and in presenting inconsistent environmental documentation with respect to the LANCER project and the operation of its water system in Mono County.

League of California Cities Fire District Association of California

The Firm was retained by the League of California Cities Fire District Association of California and the Association of California Water Agencies to prepare an amicus curiae brief in support of a claim for reimbursement for state-mandated costs by the City of Sacramento for its inclusion in the State Unemployment Insurance Compensation Fund from which a published opinion resulted: City of Sacramento v. State of California (1990) 50 Cal.3d 51.

League of United Latin American Citizens

The Firm was retained by the League of United Latin American Citizens and individual citizens within the City of Bell Gardens ("City") to challenge zoning ordinance revisions which would have the effect of eliminating currently zoned and developed residential and commercial property owned by citizens of Hispanic descent inconsistent with the provisions of the City's General Plan. League of United Latin American Citizens, et al. v. City of Bell Gardens, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. B006020.

West Basin Association