Airlines For America v. City and County of San Francisco

I. INTRODUCTION

15 Before the Court is the parties’ joint discovery letter of April 10, 2025. The letter concerns 16 two discovery disputes regarding whether Airlines for America (“A4A”) is entitled to depose 1) 17 former Deputy City Attorney Lisa Powell, and 2) a witness on two topics in A4A’s 30(b)(6) 18 deposition notice. The two 30(b)(6) deposition topics seek testimony about “the drafting and 19 adoption of the [Healthy Airport Ordinance (“HAO”)], and proposed amendments to the HAO 20 since April 6, 2021.” Dkt. 106 at 1 (Joint Discovery Letter). The Court denies both of A4A’s 21 requests as they seek irrelevant information. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26.

1 The contested deposition topics are: “1. The drafting, consideration and adoption of the HAO, including (i) who conceived of and drafted the HAO; (ii) the process by which the findings section 24 of the HAO was drafted, including who was responsible for drafting that section and why it included the findings that it did; (iii) the reasons why the HAO covers the specific set of employees that it covers, including who helped decide on that scope; and (iv) the reasons why the HAO requires health plans to…