Vargas

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

Jennifer Lynn Lu, Sean Allen Lu, Roy Torivio Vargas, Michael Saulibio and the Calguns Foundation, Inc., sued the County of Los Angeles (County), the Department and former Sheriff Leroy B. Baca in his individual capacity and his official capacity. (The Lus eventually were dismissed from the case apparently because they relocated.) Plaintiffs alleged that they were residents of the following cities, which did not contract with the Department for services: San Gabriel, Monterey Park, and Alhambra. In the operative complaint, Calguns Foundation, Inc., identified itself as “dedicated to . . . defending and protecting the civil rights of law-abiding California gun owners.” Further, according to the operative complaint, plaintiffs’ applications to the Sheriff for a concealed weapon license were not considered because they did not first apply to the chief of police in the city where they resided. It is undisputed that the Sheriff has the above-quoted Policy requiring applicants who live in cities that do not contract for services with the Department to apply to the applicant’s municipal police chief for a concealed weapon license.

3 In its motion for summary judgment…