Coleman

BACKGROUND

On March 16, 2015, Coleman filed a handwritten first amended complaint naming as defendants “Pasadena City, Public Entity, Bill Bogaard, Mayor, Passageway Organization, Susan Mandel, President, Steve Danon, Director.” The original complaint, filed November 17, 2014, is not in the record on appeal. Coleman alleged that the City of Pasadena and Mayor Bill Bogaard (hereafter, the City) issued a business license to Passageway Organization (Passageway), requiring it to “function fair under business practice with all client, customer and citizen.” (Underscore omitted.) On November 6, 2013, a Passageway associate received a “properly cordial” letter Coleman had mailed “in a custom graphic created envelope.” Steve Danon (Danon), Passageway’s director, told Coleman the envelope was “beyond modern society acceptance and must be wrong or negative or immoral,” and “only a white color envelope was to be used in future for correspondence to Passageway,” or Coleman would be denied all services. Danon directed Passageway’s intake coordinator to tell Coleman he would be denied services for ten business days. The City was responsible for safeguarding Coleman’s personal property rights…