Petition for Order to Abate Substandard Building and Appoint Receiver
The court notes that because Plaintiff is an “emergency ambulance employee”, Plaintiff is required by law to “remain reachable by a portable communications device throughout the entirety of each work shift.” (Lab. Code § 887(a).) Consequently, any claim that Plaintiff was required to work during her meal and rest periods because she was on call would be without merit. This requirement does not supersede, or exempt emergency ambulance employees from, Labor Code section 226.7. (See, Lab. Code § 885(a) [“All emergency ambulance employees are hereby entitled to meal and rest periods as prescribed elsewhere”].) Instead, if an employee is contacted during their meal or rest period, that particular meal or rest period interrupted by the contact would not count toward the meal or rest period the employee is entitled to during the work shift. (Lab. Code § 887(b).)
Plaintiff shall file and serve any second amended complaint within ten days of the date of the hearing.
CITY OF BENICIA v. CHARLA A. WIMMER Case No. CU26-04334
Petition for Order to Abate Substandard Building and Appoint Receiver
Petitioner CITY OF BENICIA’s petition seeking an order declaring the property at 75 Buena Vista, Benicia, California 94510 substandard and appointing a receiver to abate the nuisance is denied without prejudice.
Health and Safety Code section 17980.7 permits a city to petition for a court order for appointment of a receiver for a substandard building subsequent to posting of notice of an order to repair or abate substandard conditions. Notice of this petition must be posted in a prominent place on the affected property and mailed to each person with a recorded interest in the property no later than three court days before the hearing on the petition. The petition must be served on the property owner according to Code of Civil Procedure section 415.10, et seq.; the owner has ten days to respond.
The court must be satisfied that the owner has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to correct the nuisance conditions and the proposed receiver has the ability to satisfactorily rehabilitate the building before granting the petition. Thirty days affords statutorily accepted “reasonable opportunity.” (
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Petitioner states only that it posted notice of intent to file the instant petition, not the petition itself, on the subject property at least three days prior to filing the petition. Petitioner provides no proof of service indicating that notice of this petition was mailed to all persons with recorded interests in the subject property. The court is accordingly not satisfied that the owner has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to correct nuisance conditions. Petitioner also has not filed a memorandum in support of the petition identifying details of the proposed receivership such as the identity of the