OPINION CU LLAR , J. — Under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) (Lab. Code, 2698 et seq.), 1 an employee may seek civil penalties for Labor Code violations committed against her and other aggrieved employees by bringing—on behalf of the state—a representative action against her employer. ( 2699, subd. (a).) In Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC (2014) 59 Cal.4th 348 [ 173 Cal.Rptr.3d 289 , 327 P.3d 129 ] ( Iskanian ), we held that a court may...
OPINION CANTIL-SAKAUYE , C. J. — This case concerns the relationship between prosecutors' constitutional duty to disclose information to criminal defendants and a statutory scheme that restricts prosecutors' access to some of that information. A prosecutor in a criminal case must disclose to the defense certain evidence that is favorable to the accused. ( Brady v. Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83 [10 L.Ed.2d 215, 83 S.Ct. 1194] ( Brady ).) This duty sometimes requires disclosure of evidence...
OPINION KRUGER , J. — The Government Claims Act (Gov. Code, 810 et seq.) authorizes plaintiffs to bring certain tort claims against public entities, while also immunizing public entities from liability in particular circumstances. One of the act's immunity provisions bars any statutory liability that might otherwise exist for injuries resulting from the condition of firefighting equipment or facilities. ( Id., 850.4.) The question presented is whether this immunity provision...
OPINION CORRIGAN , J. Before a local governmental agency may impose or increase certain property-related fees and charges, it must notify affected property owners and hold a public hearing. The hearing requirement arises from article XIII D, section 6 of the California Constitution, 1 which was added in 1996 by Proposition 218. 2 The question here is a narrow one. When an agency considers increasing a property-related fee, must a fee payor challenging the method of fee allocation...
OPINION LIU , J. — Under California law, a creditor can recover a debt secured by a deed of trust on real property through a nonjudicial foreclosure action to sell the property at a public auction. Code of Civil Procedure section 580d provides that a creditor cannot collect a deficiency judgment—that is, the difference between the amount of indebtedness and the fair market value of the property—if the property is sold for less than the amount of the outstanding debt. (All undesignated...
OPINION CHIN , J. — Under California's labor laws, "[i]f an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately." (Lab. Code, 201, subd. (a).) Plaintiffs, security guards at what used to be named AT&T Park in San Francisco and is now named Oracle Park (the park), are suing San Francisco Baseball Associates LLC (the Giants) for allegedly violating this provision. They claim they are discharged after every Giants homestand,...
OPINION CU LLAR , J. — The City of Carson (City) hired Rand Resources, LLC, as its agent to negotiate with the National Football League (NFL) about the possibility of building a football stadium in the City. But Rand Resources eventually sued the City, its mayor, and rival developer Leonard Bloom after the City replaced Rand Resources with Bloom's company. Defendants responded by making a motion under a California statute designed to hasten resolution of certain disputes commonly...
