Court Opinion

ID: 9731902
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:01:04.15097+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:21.874114
License: Public Domain

BENKE, J.*
I concur in what I perceive to be a very narrow holding: relocation assistance is available where a public entity has before it the choice of acquiring land for a public use and, rather than proceed by way of eminent domain or direct negotiation, intentionally elects to acquire the land by inverse condemnation. Such a holding is consistent with the legislative intent and public policies underlying the Relocation Assistance Act, and is directly supported by the express language in Government Code section 7260, subdivision (c).
A petition for a rehearing was denied November 24, 1986, and respondents’ petition for review by the Supreme Court was denied January 14, 1987.

 Assigned by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council.