Cooper v. Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J. —

Joan Cooper appeals the trial court’s dismissal of her petition for a writ of mandate. She challenges the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority’s (Authority) purchase of 662 acres of land in Topanga Canyon, maintaining the Authority overpaid for the parcel, violated the California open meeting law, popularly known as the Ralph M. Brown Act or the Brown Act (Gov. Code, § 54950 et seq.), and the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.), and exceeded its powers under its joint powers agreement. She also contends the Los Angeles…