Law Offices of Cary S. Lapidus v. City of Wasco

Opinion

POLLAK, J.

The City of Wasco (Wasco) and the Wasco Public Financing Authority (WPFA) 1 appeal from a writ of mandate directing them to make appropriate budgetary appropriations for payment to plaintiff Law Offices of Cary S. Lapidus (Lapidus) of the enforceable portion of a money judgment in his favor. Appellants contend that the superior court’s order violates article XVI, section 18 of the California Constitution (section 18), which prohibits a city from incurring any indebtedness or liability exceeding in any year the income and revenue of the city for that year, without approval of…