Legal Opinion
Taxpayers for Livable Communities v. City of Malibu
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 15, 2005No. B168630PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RUBIN, J.
Taxpayers for Livable Communities and Jay Liebig appeal from the trial court judgment denying their petition for a writ of mandamus alleging the City of Malibu and its city council violated California’s Ralph M. Brown Act, the open meeting law. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The California Coastal Act of 1976 (Pub. Resources Code, § 30000 et seq.) (Coastal Act) obligates coastal cities such as Malibu to adopt a local coastal program (LCP) (Pub. Resources Code, § 30500 et seq.). As we discussed in our published decision in City of Malibu v. California Coastal Com. (2004)…
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