Temple of 1001 Buddhas v. City of Fremont (2024) 100 Cal. App. 5th 456
Following Lippman v. City of Oakland (2018) 19 Cal.App.5th 750, this decision holds that Building Code section 1.8.8 requires a city to provide for appeals from administrative determinations (here of a nuisance on plaintiff's property) before an independent agency or board authorized to hear such appeals or the city’s governing body. Hearing before a single employee of the building department… Read More