Paramount Contractors & Developers, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

MEMORANDUM

In this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 , Paramount Contractors and Developers, Inc., Sunset Blvd. Properties, LP, Patricia High and Bradley Folb (collectively “Paramount”) sought equitable relief and damages for alleged First Amendment, Equal Protection, and takings violations related to Los Angeles sign ordinances. Paramount sued the City of Los Angeles (the “City”) and the Community Redevelopment Association of the City of Los Angeles (“CRA”). In three separate orders, the district court dismissed all of Paramount’s claims for failure to state a claim for relief. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

1. To the extent that Paramount challenges the City’s sign ordinances and their application prior to the November 17, 2010 amendment of the Hollywood Signage Supplemental Use District (“SUD”), see Los Angeles City Ordinance No. 181340 § 5(B)(11) amending Los Angeles City Ordinance No. 176172, those challenges are foreclosed by this court’s decision in Paramount Contractors & Developers, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 434 Fed.Appx. 662 (9th Cir.) cert. denied, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 502 , 181 L.Ed.2d 348 (2011) (“Paramount I ”). See United…