Legal Opinion
Shahbazian v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided November 22, 2017No. B271562PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSegal, J.
*826INTRODUCTION
Governments speak. They also petition. And they act in ways that are neither speaking nor petitioning. It is important to distinguish between the three, because Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16 ( section 425.16 ) may apply to the first two, but not the third.
This case concerns whether the City of Rancho Palos Verdes properly issued a permit for a fence separating two neighbors. Hossein and Victoria Shahbazian challenged the permit by suing the City. The Shahbazians alleged the City violated certain ordinances and selectively applied others in issuing the permit for the fence…
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