Redevelopment Agency v. County of Los Angeles

Opinion

WARD, J.

This appeal arises out of a tug-of-war between defendant and appellant Los Angeles County (the County) 1 and plaintiff and respondent Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach (the Redevelopment Agency) over incremental tax revenues generated by county property taxes on properties within the area subject to the redevelopment project. The trial court below ordered the County to lower its base tax rolls for the measuring year, effectively transferring to the Redevelopment Agency the incremental property taxes, above the readjusted base, within the redevelopment area for all…