Heinly

Respondents Harold Heinly, Edward Sharkey, and The American Legion, Department of California, brought an action against Andrew Lolli, Director of the Department of General Services; James Johnson, Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs; the State of California; the California Veterans Board; and the Napa Valley Unified School District. The subject matter of this case is a lease to the school district of Building “C,” together with an adjoining parking lot, located on, and constituting part of, the Veterans’ Home of California at Yountville.

The complaint, containing three causes of action, seeks injunctive and declaratory relief. The judgment provides that: (1) the lease is null and void; (2) the state is forbidden to lease Veterans’ Home property by a restriction in the deed through which the property was acquired by the state; (3) if authority to lease the property exists, such authority rests exclusively with the Department of Veterans Affairs! and not with the State Director of General Services; (4) the school district is enjoined from using the leased premises; and (5) the defendant Johnson and the Department of Veterans Affairs are enjoined from “in any way…