Long Beach (1951) 101 Cal.App.2d 871.īut the story still doesn’t end there. Must a taxpayer, when he sees the money of the city being unlawfully applied and paid out for unlawful purposes, sit idly by, and is he without right either to stay the illegal expenditures or recover the same on behalf of the city after they are made, simply because he cannot show that he thereby sustained some special damage? This court has repeatedly held that he is not so helpless. “The fact that the funds unlawfully withdrawn from the public treasury were not raised by direct taxation, but represented receipts from a public utility operated by the city, would not change this result. In a victory for taxpayers, Plaintiff’s standing was confirmed. ” (Adjusted to present day value, more than $77,000,000) Trickey sought a writ of mandate alleging “The petition alleges that after the rendition of the Morse decision the defendants "conspired to divert and appropriate funds, the proceeds of said so-called tideland oil wells, of the City of Long Beach, in disregard of the rule announced in said decision, and ever since said time have continued and have pursued a policy of causing said public funds of the City of Long Beach to be diverted and appropriated in contravention of the law established by said decision. This did not end the City’s efforts to use the tideland funds outside the purposes identified in the conveyance. The city cites no authority contrary to this principle.” (Long Beach v. The Supreme Court disagreed holding “since the ‘right, title and interest’ of the State of California in the lands involved in the present case was granted to the city of Long Beach ‘in trust for the uses and purposes’ set forth in the grants, it necessarily follows that the proceeds from the oil drilled from these lands can be used only in furtherance of the trust purpose. may grant franchises thereon, for limited periods, for wharves and other public uses and purposes, and may lease said lands, or any part thereof, for limited periods, for purposes consistent with the trusts upon which said lands are held by the State of California and with the requirements of commerce or navigation at said harbor." The Long Beach City Attorney argued a fairly strained interpretation that if the City was authorized to enter into oil leases, revenues from those leases did not have to be used for trust purposes. The City relied on another portion of the conveyance: “provided, that said city. He refused to do so, and the City sought a writ of mandate compelling him to do so. Morse to transfer revenue from oil leases to the general fund. City officials ordered City Treasurer H.C. ” This didn’t stop City officials from attempting to use those tempting trust funds for other purposes. The conveyance by the State specified “That none of said lands shall be used or devoted to any purposes other than public park, parkway, highway, playground, the establishment, improvement and conduct of a harbor and the construction, maintenance and operation thereon of wharves, docks, piers, slips, quays and other utilities, structures and appliances necessary or convenient for the promotion and accommodation of commerce and navigation. Long Beach could extract oil and gas, but the proceeds could not be used for general municipal purposes. Long Beach held coastal tidelands in a trust via a grant by the State. The harbors geared up for expanded trade within the Pacific Rim. Douglas returned to making civilian craft, and employees filled those Lakewood homes. Long Beach’s war industries continued to grow in peace time. Itself “The City Without a Payroll.” A lesser Services (Long Beach Unified School District Its police, sewer, street and other expensive Lakewood Plan” as it was known gained notice Lakewood in the history books was the novel By the end of April over 1000 sales were complete. When the first models were shown in March, 1950, 30,000 people showed up to see the seven different plans. Veterans could buy a home in Lakewood with no down payment and a 30 year 4% mortgage. 17,500 homes were built within three years. Construction of the original development began in 1949 and was completed in 1953. Lakewood was developed as a planned community with mass produced housing. The Veteran’s Bill had generous educational benefits and many veterans studied for their future careers here. In 1949 Cal State Long Beach was founded. Thousands of returning servicemen decided this would be a great place to live, work, and raise a family. With the end of World War II a new dynamic changed the Southland and Long Beach.
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