Langston

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff and appellant Allan Langston (plaintiff) brought an action on behalf of himself and a class against defendants and respondents South Coast Towing, Inc.1 (South Coast) and Tamar Ohayan (Ohayan) (collectively South Coast or defendants) based on defendants‘ alleged operation of a scheme in which they offered persons attending events (in plaintiff‘s case, a USC football game) to pay to park in private lots and, after the lots were full, posting ―No Parking‖ signs, towing the vehicles, and charging the vehicles‘ owners a fee to redeem their vehicles. The complaint alleged three causes of action for violation of the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 (section 17200)) premised on theories of unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent conduct; and causes of action for false advertising (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17500 (section 17500)), elder and dependent financial abuse (Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 15610.07, 15610.23, 15610.25 & 15610.30),2 fraud, and violation of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) (Civ. Code, § 1750 et seq.). The trial court sustained without leave to amend defendants‘ demurrer to all of plaintiff‘s causes of action except his causes of…