Legal Opinion
City of Santa Cruz v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 6, 1995No. H014128PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COTTLE, P. J.
In this action challenging the City of Santa Cruz’s (City’s) adoption of a general plan, the trial court ordered City’s planning director and commissioners to reveal in depositions “whether there was an agreement among the council and commission members to refuse to consider any zoning for the greenbelt properties other than agricultural, regardless of the facts or evidence presented.”
We stayed the depositions on City’s application for a writ of mandate/ prohibition, to permit further consideration of the issues raised in the petition. As will appear, we agree with City…
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