City of Palmdale v. Board of Equalization

Opinion

MALLANO, P. J.

In this appeal from the granting of a petition for a writ of administrative mandate, the parties have filed a motion to settle the case pursuant to a stipulation requiring that we vacate the trial court’s judgment and reinstate the agency’s decision. We deny the motion for vacatur because the interests of the public would be adversely affected if the judgment were vacated.

In particular, the judgment faults a state agency—which allocates local sales tax revenues among cities and hears taxpayer appeals concerning corporate and personal income taxes—for rendering a decision…