California Supreme Court Watch

#26-135 Nguyen v. City of Los Angeles, S297797. (B340105; 121 Cal.App.5th 272; Los Angeles County Superior Court; 22STCV39518.) Petition for review after the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment in a civil action. The court limited review to the following issue: To satisfy the exception in California Constitution, article XIII C, section 1, subdivision (e)(4), must a local government prove that “a charge imposed for entrance to or use of local government property” bears a “reasonable relationship to the payor’s burdens on, or benefits received from, the governmental activity”?

Petition for review granted; issues limited: 9/16/2026

See the Court of Appeal Opinion.