Sedrak

background sections of both his opening and reply briefs, has largely failed to support his

version of the events leading up to this litigation with citations to the record.

California Rules of Court, rule 8.204(a)(1)(C) requires that briefs "[s]upport any

reference to a matter in the record by a citation to the volume and page number of the

record where the matter appears." "'When an appellant's brief makes no reference to the

pages of the record where a point can be found, an appellate court need not search

through the record in an effort to discover the point purportedly made. [Citations.] We

can simply deem the contention to lack foundation and, thus, to be forfeited.'" (Dietz v.

Meisenheimer & Herron (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 771, 800.)

Therefore, we shall not consider those portions of Sedrak's factual background

sections in his briefs that are not supported by citations to the record.

B. Factual Background

Sedrak operated a gas station on his property on Hamner Avenue (Hamner).

However, when Norco planned to widen Hamner, it entered into negotiations with Sedrak

as to the impact of the roadwork on his gas station. As a result, Norco and…