Alfred
Alfred v. County of Los Angeles
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Potter, J.
This is an appeal by plaintiff, a civil service employee of defendant county, from a judgment dismissing his complaint after demurrer Was sustained without leave to amend. By failing to present any argument in support of a different result with respect to his second through seventh causes of action (based upon alleged violation of the prevailing wage provisions of the charter for the County of *262 Los Angeles) plaintiff has narrowed the issues in this appeal 1 to the question whether the first cause of action states a cause of action on the theory of inverse condemnation.
The facts alleged in the first cause of action, admitted by the demurrer (White v. Davis (1975) 13 Cal.3d 757, 765 [ 120 Cal.Rptr. 94 , 533 P.2d 222 ]), include the following: For a period in excess of seven years, plaintiff was employed by defendant as a civil servant in various classified positions (L.A. County Charter, art. XI, § 33). The classification of the positions held by plaintiff were, respectively: day care teacher’s aide from September 15, 1971 to August 24, 1972; eligibility worker in the department of public social services from August 24, 1972, to date of filing of the complaint,…