Taxpayers etc. v. San Diego USD

Filed 3/26/13; pub. order 4/25/13 (see end of opn.)

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

TAXPAYERS FOR ACCOUNTABLE D060999

SCHOOL BOND SPENDING,

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. v. 37-2011-00085714-CU-WM-CTL)

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL

DISTRICT,

Defendant and Respondent.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Timothy

B. Taylor, Judge. Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded with directions.

Plaintiff Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending (Taxpayers) appeals a

judgment entered against it in its action against defendant San Diego Unified School

District (District) arising out of Proposition S and District's approval of installation of

new stadium field lighting and other improvements at Hoover High School (Hoover). In

its operative first amended complaint against District, Taxpayers alleged four causes of action: (1) a Code of Civil Procedure section 526a cause of action for waste and misuse

of Proposition S funds; (2) a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) cause of

action for District's…