Greenebaum

A petition for a writ of mandate was filed by tenants of an apartment building located at 514-524 South Barrington Avenue in the City of Los Angeles. The City of Los Angeles had approved tentative tract No. 39860, proposed by the real party in interest, for the construction of 24 new condominium units on the Barrington property.

After appearing and being heard at various administrative hearings regarding the proposed development, the tenants brought the instant lawsuit to overturn the approval of the tentative tract map. This is an appeal from a judgment by the superior court in favor of respondents denying the petition of writ of mandate and upholding the action of the Los Angeles City Council.

Statement of Facts

On March 3, 1980, an application for a tentative tract map was filed with the Department of City Planning for the City of Los Angeles (Department), pursuant to Los Angeles Municipal Code section 17.00 et seq. The applicant proposed to build a 24-unit condominium development and demolish the existing 12-unit building on South Barrington Avenue in the City of Los Angeles.

The project site is located on the east side of Barrington Avenue, south of Sunset…