Urgent Care Med. Servs. v. City of Pasadena
Opinion
lead Opinion
Collins, J.
*1088 INTRODUCTION
The City of Pasadena filed a nuisance abatement action against several businesses and individuals related to medical marijuana dispensaries, which are prohibited by the Pasadena Municipal Code (PMC). The defendants in that action later filed a lawsuit against the City of Pasadena, and the two cases were deemed related. In each of the two actions, the trial *894 court granted Pasadena's request for injunctions, prohibiting defendants from operating their medical marijuana dispensaries in Pasadena. The defendants appealed from each order, and we consolidated the appeals.
On appeal, defendants assert three main arguments: that the relevant Pasadena Municipal Code ordinance sections do not render medical marijuana dispensaries a nuisance per se, one relevant ordinance section was not properly enacted, and counsel for Pasadena lacked authorization to bring the actions. We disagree on each point, and affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On June 9, 2015, Pasadena and the People of the State of California (collectively, Pasadena) filed a second amended complaint seeking injunctive relief and nuisance abatement. 1 Because this appeal arises from multiple…