D & M FINANCIAL CORP. v. City of Long Beach

Opinion

KITCHING, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

The City of Long Beach appeals from a judgment for inverse condemnation in favor of D & M Financial Corporation, which held a security interest in real property on which the City of Long Beach demolished an alleged substandard apartment building. The main issue in this appeal is whether, before demolishing a structure which it had declared to be substandard, the City of Long Beach satisfied its obligation to provide due process of law to D & M Financial Corporation. We reject the claim by the City of Long Beach that recordation of a “Declaration of…