Covarrubias
Covarrubias v. James
Opinion
Opinion
Elkington, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from judgments of dismissal entered in their taxpayers’ action, following an order sustaining general and special demurrers to an amended' complaint (hereafter the complaint) without leave to amend. Other purported appeals taken from nonappealable orders sustaining such demurrers without leave to amend will be dismissed. (See Beazell v. Schrader, 205 Cal.App.2d 673, 674 [ 23 Cal.Rptr. 189 ].)
The defendants consisted of the City of San Jose and certain public agencies and officials, all alleged to be “charged with the affirmative responsibility in undertaking community redevelopment projects to provide equal opportunities to all persons and not engage in or participate in discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry.”
The complaint was in two counts. The first count alleged: that defendants were engaged in the construction of a public community theater known as the Community Theater Project (hereafter project); that construction of the project would engage the services of skilled union craftsmen of many trades; that defendants had employed a general contractor who had hiréd or would hire, subcontractors who have…