City of Palmdale v. City of Lancaster

Opinion

RUBIN, J.

The City of Palmdale appeals from the trial court’s judgment that prohibited the City of Lancaster from offering financial assistance to auto dealer Juan Lou Gonzales and his dealership for only two years and denying disgorgement by the City of Lancaster of related sales taxes. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Juan Lou Gonzales owned Saturn of Antelope Valley, a General Motors (GM) auto dealership in the Palmdale auto mall. As part of-GM’s reorganization in bankruptcy during the Great Recession, it stopped making Saturn cars. Consequently, Gonzales sought a Chevrolet, franchise…