City of Los Angeles v. County of Los Angeles

The County of Los Angeles, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, Richard Dixon, Chief Administrative Officer of Los Angeles County, Mark Bloodgood, Auditor-Controller of Los Angeles County, the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District, and its court administrator, Edward Kritzman (collectively referred to as County) appeal from a judgment granting issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate directing County to distribute to the City of Los Angeles (City), pursuant to Penal Code section 1463, 1 92 percent of the moneys collected by the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District (Municipal Court) “after the entry of a summary judgment against the surety following a bailbond forfeiture . . . .” For the reasons that follow, we hold that section 1463 governs the distribution of funds collected by a municipal court upon enforcement *920 of summary judgments against sureties following bail forfeitures, and affirm the judgment.

Procedural History

On June 26, 1985, City filed a petition for writ of mandate in superior court alleging as follows: “Prior to November, 1983 [County] transferred to [City] 92 percent of all fines, forfeitures, deposits in…