Young

Plaintiffs, Jimmy C. and Brenda L. Young, appeal from a judgment that they take nothing by their first amended complaint for negligence from defendant, City of Inglewood. The appeal lies. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 581d, 904.1, subd. (a).)

The sole issue on appeal is whether plaintiffs have stated a cause of action for negligence against the city. We believe that they have and will therefore reverse.

Facts

The pertinent facts alleged by plaintiffs in the challenged pleading may be summarized as follows: Plaintiffs owned a residence in the city, which they decided to remodel extensively. In February 1976, plaintiff, Brenda L. Young, filed with the city an application for a building permit for this work. At this time she informed the city that the contractor for the work was one Cox and she paid all the necessary fees to the city. Cox, in turn, hired an architect by the name of Craig to draw the plans and specifications to be used by Cox in remodeling plaintiffs’ house. Craig, without any authority whatsoever, then changed plaintiffs’ aforementioned application for a building permit by crossing out Cox’s name as the designated contractor and inserting instead the words “not…