Saathoff v. City of San Diego

Opinion

HUFFMAN, J.

Ronald L. Saathoff appeals from a judgment in favor of the City of San Diego et al., (hereafter the City or City Council) arising from the trial court’s denial of his petition for writ of mandate. Saathoff asserted in his writ of mandate petition that the City Council’s passage of a resolution based on a majority vote, awarding a paramedic system management contract to American Medical Services (hereafter American), constituted a franchise which required enactment of an ordinance based on a two-thirds vote. Given the relatively short-term four-year duration of the contract…