First Street Plaza Partners v. City of Los Angeles

Opinion

ZEBROWSKI, J.

Plaintiff in this case is First Street Plaza Partners, a limited partnership, and its three corporate members (collectively plaintiff). Defendant is the City of Los Angeles (the City). Plaintiff and defendant negotiated for several years for a contract to develop a parcel of City-owned land. In order for the City to enter into such a contract, the contract formation procedures specified in the City’s charter must be followed. Although the parties’ negotiations were lengthy and elaborate, the parties never completed the contract formation procedures in the City’s charter.…