City residents petitioned for writ of mandate to compel Director of the Department of Finance, the state Controller, city, and county auditor-controller to continue payments of set-asides from “tax increment” to city’s subsidized housing fund.
The Superior Court denied petition. Residents appealed.
The Court of Appeal held that:
- City’s set-asides for future affordable housing payments were not “deferred” payments that remained enforceable after the dissolution of the redevelopment agency, and
- City’s set-asides for future affordable housing payments were not “obligations imposed by state law” that remained enforceable after the dissolution of the redevelopment agency.