926 NORTH ARDMORE AVENUE v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Amicus Curiae Brief of City of Los Angeles

Cal.October 14, 2015

SUPREME COUR O ry SUPREME. ¢SOURT ede et y PO ae hes Ln act 14 2015 eeE IS erank A. MoGuir e Clerk OF THE STATE OF C ALIFORNIA n ooneay a 926 NORTH ARDMORE AVENUE,LLC,) Supreme Court Case No. 8222329 ) Plaintiffand Appellant, ) Court ofAppeal, Second District ) Case No. B248356 VS. ) ) Los Angeles County Superior Court COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ) Case No. BC476670 ) Defendant and Respondent. ) ) AMICUS CURIA CITY OF LOS ANGELES’ JOINDER IN BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE COUNTY OF TEHAMAandTEHAMA COUNTY CLERK-RECORDER JENNIFERA.VISE,ef al. MICHAELN.FEUER,City Attorney (111529x) BEVERLY COOK,Assistant City Attorney (68312) DANIEL M. WHITLEY, Deputy City Attorney (175146) 920 City Hall East 200 North Main Street Los Angeles, California 90012 Telephone (213) 978-7786 Facsimile (213) 978-7711 DANIEL.WHITLEY@LACITY.ORG Attorneys for Amici Curiae CITY OF LOS ANGELES JOINDER IN BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE The City of Los Angeles hereby joins in the Brief of Amici Curia by County of Tehama,et a/l., without reservation. The City agrees with the analysis and conclusionsset forth in the afore-mentioned pleading. DATE: October 1, 2015 MICHAEL N. FEUER,City Attorney BEVERLYA. COOK,Assistant City Attorney DANIEL M. WHITLEY, Deputy City Attorney (DANIEL M. WHITLEY,Deputy City Attorney Attorneysfor Plaintiff CITY OF LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED ENTITIES OR PERSONS Amicus curia the City of Los Angeles, to the best of its knowledge, is unaware of any entities or persons who havea financial or other interest in the outcomeofthis proceeding that would be relevant to California Rule of Court 8.208. DATE: October 1, 2015 MICHAEL N. FEUER,City Attorney BEVERLYA. COOK,Assistant City Attorney DANIEL M. WHITLEY,Deputy City Attorney By: /—.a CSANIEL M. WHITLEY,Deputy City Attorney Attorneysfor Plaintiff CITY OF LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH WORD LIMIT Pursuant to California Rule of Court 8.204(c)(1), I certify that this Brief contains 366 words, not counting the tables, and this attachment, as determined by the word count function of Microsoft Office Word. DATE: October 1, 2015 MICHAEL N. FEUER,City Attorney BEVERLYA. COOK,Assistant City Attorney DANIEL M. WHITLEY,Deputy City Attorney ene By: DAAIEL M. WHITLEY, Deputy City Attorne Attorneys for Plaintiff CITY OF LOS ANGELES m:\econ dev_pub finance\public finance\dan whitley\ardmore\ardmore joinder.docx CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Title of Action: 926 North Ardmore Avenue, LLC Supreme Court Case No, 8222329 J, the undersigned, am employedin the City of Red Bluff, County of Tehama, State of California; my business address is 727 Oak Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080. I am overthe age of eighteen years and not a party to the within action. On the date below I caused the following papers to be servedas follows: [PROPOSED] BRIEF OF AMICICURIAE OF COUNTY OF TEHAMAandTEHAMACOUNTY CLERK-RECORDER JENNIFERA. VISE; COUNTY OF ALAMEDA:COUNTYOF FRESNO and FRESNO COUNTY ASSESSOR-RECORDERPAUL DICTOS:KERN COUNTY ASSESSOR-RECORDER JON LIFQUIST; COUNTY OF MONO: COUNTY OF MONTEREYandMONTEREY COUNTY ASSESSOR-CLERK.RECORDERSTEPHEN L. VAGNINI; NAPA COUNTY and NAPA COUNTY ASSESSOR.RECORDER-COUNTY CLERK JOHN TUTEUR; COUNTY OF PLACERandPLACERCOUNTY CLERK-RECORDER-REGISTRAR JIM MCCAULEY; COUNTY OFRIVERSIDE and RIVERSIDE COUNTY ASSESSOR PETER ALDANA; COUNTY OFSAN BENITOandSAN BENITO COUNTY CLERK, AUDITOR & RECORDER JOFPAUL GONZALEZ; COUNTY OF SAN DIEGOand SAN DIEGO COUNTY ASSESSOR/RECORDER/COUNTYCLERK ERNEST J. DRONENBURG,JR.; COUNTYOF SAN MATEO; COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA and SANTA BARBARA COUNTYASSESSOR JOSEPH E. HOLLAND; COUNTY OF SONOMA and SONOMA COUNTYCLERK-RECORDER-ASSESSOR WILLIAM F. ROUSSEAU; and COUNTY OF STANISLAUS Causing a true copy thereofto be delivered to the office of each party shown below at the addressindicated and by leaving the same with a person apparently in charge and over the age of eighteen years; (X) Placinga true copy thereof, enclosed in a sealed envelope with first-class postage thereon fully prepaid,in the United States mail at Red Bluff, California, addressed as follows: Clerk of the Appellate Court Hon. Rita Miller Second District Court Los Angeles Superior Court 300 S. Springs Street, 2" floor Dept. 16 Los Angeles, CA 90013 111 North Hill Street . Los Angeles, CA 90012 Lemoine SkinnerIII Fisher Broyles LLP 1334 8Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 Mark J. Saladino, County Counsel Daniel M. Kolkey Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy Julian W. Poon 648 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration Lauren M. Blas 500 West Temple Street GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER Los Angeles, CA 90012-2713 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105-2933 I declare underpenalty of perjury that the foregoingis true and correct, executed at Tehama ty, California, onOyry 1, 2015. Klaus AYIWtds VuBENNETTa PROOF OF SERVICE I, Cynthia Marchena,declare as follows: I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, California. I am overthe age of 18 and nota party to the within action. My business address is 200 N. Main St., Rm. 920 C.H.E., and Los Angeles, California 90012. On October 2, 2015, I served the foregoing document described as JOINDER IN BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE,onthe interested parties in this action by placing a [X] true copy [ ] original copy thereof enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed as follows: Clerk of The Appellate Court Hon.Rita Miller Second District Court Los Angeles Superior Court 300 S. Spring Street, 2"¢ floor 111 North Hill Street, Dept. 16 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Los Angeles, CA 90012 LemoineSkinner III MarkJ. Saladino, County Counsel Fisher Broyles LLP Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy 1334 8" Avenue 648 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration San Francisco, CA 94122 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012-2713 Daniel M. Kolkey Julian W. Poon Lauren M.Blas GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER 555 Mission Street, Suite 3000 San Francisco, CA 94105-2933 [X] MAIL - I caused such envelope to be deposited in the United States mail at Los Angeles, California, with first class postage thereon fully prepaid. I am readily familiar with the business practice for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing. Underthat practice, it is deposited with the United States Postal Service on that same day, at Los Angeles, California, in the ordinary course of business.I caused such envelope to be deposited in the mail at Los Angeles, California, with first class postage thereon fully prepaid. [ ] BY FACSIMILE - I caused the above-referenced document(s) to be transmitted to the above- named person(s). [ ] Federal- I declare that I am employed inthe office of a memberofthe bar of this court at whose direction the service was made. [x] State- I declare under penalty of perjury underthe laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on October 2, 2015, at Los Angeles, California. CA Cynthia Marchena’—