Naidu
Naidu v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty.
Opinion
lead Opinion
Ramirez, J.
*305 Petitioners, Jimmy and Uma Naidu, challenge a trial court order preventing them from using their licenses from the Contractors' State Licensing Board (CSLB) as a condition of bail. Because we agree that this condition could not have been imposed without some sort of evidentiary hearing at which it was established that the bail condition was necessary to protect the public, we grant the petition.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Petitioners allegedly sold at least one of their business licenses to one Raj Suri, whose own CSLB license was suspended, and then failed to supervise Suri despite retaining the status of "Responsible Managing Employee" in CSLB's records. On *32 December 15, 2016, CSLB initiated an administrative proceeding to suspend or revoke petitioners' business licenses.
Petitioners are also now defendants in a prosecution charging them with fraudulent use of a contractor's license ( Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7027.3 ) and conspiracy ( Pen Code, § 182, subd. (a)(1) ), at least one of which is a felony. ( Pen. Code, § 182, subd. (a).) Prior to petitioners' arraignment, the CSLB filed a request that the trial court suspend petitioners' business licenses from the CSLB…