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A judge has temporarily denied a request to block Ventura County from interfering with the city of Oxnard s attempt to take over ambulance services. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Ronda McKaig issued the ruling Friday, noting that Oxnard faces an uphill battle establishing its authority to provide ambulance services. McKaig took the city s request for the court order under submission after a one-hour hearing but did not say when she expected to issue a final determination. Oxnard s attorney, Andrew Schouten, argued that the city had delegated to the county its authority to provide ambulance service only temporarily, in the early 1970s, and can take it back. But the county s attorney, Lloyd Bookman, said the reversion was no longer possible under a 1980 state law. ....
Ownership of Bruce s Beach lots RE: Here s how state, LA County hope to return Bruce s Beach land to descendants of original Black owners, The Beach Reporter web page, 4/9/21 With state and county officials announcing efforts to transfer ownership of two publicly owned lots to descendants of the Bruce family, I am bemused, legally bemused. With a career in municipal law, this is especially so. Hereâs why. First, when the City of Manhattan Beach conveyed these two lots to the state in 1949, the deed contained restrictions that the use of the property could only be for a public beach or public park. Such restrictions may ârun with the landâ and may be enforced by our city or a city resident. So, the county may be legally prohibited from giving these two lots to a private party for private use. ....