Reynaldo G. Gutierrez v. City of Long Beach

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff owns a commercial property located at 2380 Santa Fe Ave. Long Beach, California. Compl. at ¶ 6 [Doc. # 1]. In September 2017, Plaintiff’s tenant notified Plaintiff that he had received several building-related citations for violating the Long Beach Municipal Code. Id. at ¶ 8. After receiving the citations, Plaintiff took efforts to remedy the violations and requested a walk-through inspection by a city inspector. Id. at ¶ 9. Plaintiff alleges that the inspector was unhelpful because he “showed up mad” and refused to give the responses that Plaintiff requested. Id.

On January 20, 2018, Plaintiff wrote a letter to the inspector requesting clarification of the citations’ status. Id. at ¶ 11. Plaintiff attached photographs to the letter and stated that he was waiting on Defendant to issue him a permit to build a trash enclosure that would comply with the Municipal Code. Id. On February 13, 2018, Plaintiff received an email notifying him

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