People v. Freetown Holdings Co.

Filed 3/28/2024

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION EIGHT

THE PEOPLE, B309295

Plaintiff and Respondent, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC718027 v.

FREETOWN HOLDINGS

COMPANY et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Robert Broadbelt, Judge. Affirmed. Emmanuel Nwabuzor and Travis M. Poteat for Defendants and Appellants. Hydee Feldstein Soto, City Attorney, Kent J. Bullard, Assistant City Attorney, and Zachary T. Fanselow, Deputy City Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent. ____________________ The People of the State of California sued Holiday Liquor for enabling a public nuisance. They claimed the store amounted to a snack bar where illegal drug buyers and sellers congregated and waited to connect: Holiday tolerated loitering and drug dealing, had no guards, stayed open until 2 a.m., and sold alcohol in cheap single-serving containers. The trial court granted summary judgment for the People and ordered Holiday to hire guards, to stop selling single-serving containers of alcohol, and to take other…