Lynch v. City of Los Angeles

THE COURT.

This is an appeal by the city and the chief of the electrical division of the Department of Building and Safety, from a judgment granting an injunction against the enforcement of city ordinance No.-94073, requiring state-licensed electrical contractors to pay a fee of $100 per year, and to post a surety bond conditioned on compliance with the local law, as a condition precedent to the issuance of permits to do electrical contracting work within the city.

The amended complaint recites that respondent is an electrical contractor licensed under the state Contractor’s License Act and…