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facts as well as the law, and a reviewing court may make use of statements therein as admissions against the party’ ”].) In the Appealability and Standard of Review section, post, we note that the trial court’s orders are presumed correct.

3 with Esparza or his firm, but learned of it from a reference on the website of FilmLA, the film permitting authority for Los Angeles. Esparza responded that police officers were available. Thus, on the first day of shooting in Elysian Park, retired LAPD officer Elvira Gutierrez and Estrada presented themselves to the production staff at the Elysian Park location. Gutierrez had worked “hundreds” of film jobs, while Estrada was doing so for the first time. They learned of the job, where to go and when to start from Esparza, not from anyone at Scars of the Mind. Gutierrez testified that, based on her experience, she was “uneasy” about the production and found Bates to be “unprofessional.” In fact, on her first day on location Gutierrez refused to allow filming to begin until she received confirmation that Scars of the Mind had actually paid the fee for its filming permit. At the end of the day, at the request of Scars of the Mind, Estrada filled…