limiting the receiver’s role to developing a plan for rehabilitation and implementing the plan once it had been approved. DISCUSSION Reddy contends the trial court abused its discretion in (1) overruling his evidentiary objections, (2) failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing, and (3) appointing a receiver. Reddy’s Evidentiary Objections. As noted above, the trial court effectively overruled both parties’ objections, concluding that they “go to the weight to be given to the evidence, not to its admissibility,” and considered all of the evidence submitted. We find Reddy’s challenge to the trial court’s evidentiary rulings to be forfeited. If a party contends that an evidentiary objection was improperly overruled by the trial court, the party must identify the specific objection, provide legal argument explaining why the trial court’s ruling was in error, and support that argument with citation to pertinent legal authority. (Salas v. Department of Transportation (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 1058, 1074 (Salas).) Rather than address the propriety of any of his specific objections, Reddy simply “ask[s] this court to rule on each of these objections as should have been done by the trial court[,]” essentially seeking de novo review of his evidentiary objections. Under similar circumstances, the Salas court held that the appellants’ challenge to the trial court’s evidentiary rulings was forfeited by their failure separately to identify and discuss individual evidentiary objections. In that case, the trial court had sustained objections to most of the appellants’ evidence. (Salas, supra, 198 Cal.App.4th at p. 1073.) Although the appellants disputed those rulings in general, they did not separately discuss specific objections. In finding the appellate claims forfeited, the court explained: “It is appellant’s ‘burden on appeal to affirmatively challenge the trial court’s evidentiary ruling, and demonstrate the court’s error.’. . . [¶] . . . Plaintiffs make no attempt to demonstrate how each evidentiary ruling was erroneous. They have not specified the evidentiary objections to which their cursory argument is addressed, nor
have they discussed the multiple grounds on which each objection was sustained. . . . In arguing only generalities, plaintiffs’ briefs do not contain ‘argument and citations to authority as to why the trial court’s evidentiary rulings were wrong.’ [Citation.] ‘We are not required to search the record to ascertain whether it contains support for [plaintiffs’] contentions.’ ” (Id. at p. 1074; see similarly Ramos v. Westlake Services LLC (2015) 242 Cal.App.4th 674, 684 [challenge to evidentiary rulings waived by failure to cite legal authority]; Villaneuva v. City of Colton (2008) 160 Cal.App.4th 1188, 1198 [same].) In the same way, we decline to examine the multitude of objections filed by Reddy in a search for the meritorious. By failing to present legal argument with respect to individual objections, Reddy forfeited any challenge to the trial court’s evidentiary rulings. In any event, a cursory review of Reddy’s objections suggests the trial court’s ruling was appropriate. Reddy’s first objection, for example, contends that the city inspector’s statement that he had visited the property “multiple times” lacks foundation because in a prior declaration the inspector said he had inspected the property only twice. Plainly, while the inspector’s statement may have been false, it did not lack foundation; the inspector was in position to testify about his own activities. The evidentiary objection was therefore without merit, if not frivolous. We reviewed many of Reddy’s other objections and found a similar pattern. While the objections are phrased as objections and purport to be based on evidentiary grounds, they are not truly evidentiary objections. Instead, the purported objections are merely a premise for arguing with the conclusions stated in the city’s declarations. Based on this review, we find no reason to doubt the trial court’s conclusion that the objections, such as they are, go to the weight to be given the declarations, not their admissibility. The Failure To Hear Live Testimony. At the hearing on the motion, Reddy’s counsel suggested for the first time that the trial court should take live testimony. Reddy contends the court erred in ignoring that request. The trial court properly disregarded Reddy’s request to present live testimony because Reddy failed to follow proper procedures for seeking leave to present such