Suarez

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, Sandra Suarez and Mariano Velasquez, appeal from the judgment of dismissal of their first amended validation complaint following an order sustaining a demurrer without leave to amend. Plaintiffs filed a validation action under Code of Civil Procedure section 860 et seq.1 to contest the legality of a voter-approved measure imposing a special tax on real property. Defendants are the: Centinela Valley Union High School District; Hawthorne School District; Lawndale School District; Lennox School District; and Wiseburn School District. The voter-approved measure imposing the special tax was authorized by the Local Classrooms Funding Authority (the authority). The authority is a joint powers agency formed by defendants. But, plaintiffs failed to name the authority and timely serve it with the complaint. Plaintiffs argue that any error should be disregarded under section 866. We affirm.

II. BACKGROUND

A. Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint

Plaintiffs filed suit on January 3, 2013. Plaintiffs filed their first amended complaint on January 11, 2013. They allege the following. Plaintiffs own parcels of real property that are subject to the special tax.…