Motion-Secondary: Petition for a Writ of Mandate

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                                                                                 SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
      ERIN E, HOLBROOK, Chief Counsel                                             COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO:
                                                                                    SAN BFERNAOMING DISTRICT
      JERALD M. MONTOYA, Deputy Chief Counsel
      STEVEN    J. DADAIAN, Assistant     Chief Counsel
      ERICK L. SOLARES, Assistant Chief Counsel                                         ARC Lo M22
      JULIE DEL RIVO, Assistant Chief Counsel
      HEIDI SKINNER, Assistant Chief Counsel
      KIRSTEN R. BOWMAN, Assistant Chief Counsel                             »        dpe        ¢
         100 South Main Street, Suite 1300                                                  1E CERVANTES. DEPUTY
        Los Angeles, California 90012-3702
        Telephone: (213) 687-6000
        Facsimile: (213) 687-8300
      MARK A. BERKEBILE, Deputy Attorney, Bar Number 258327
      CHRISTINE A. SAHAKIAN, Deputy Attorney, Bar Number 301199
      Attorneys for Respondent, The California Department of Transportation


                          SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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 12   A.D. IMPROVEMENTS, INC. a California                  CASE NO. CIVSB2132716
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 14                                         Petitioner.     RESPONDENT’S OPPOSITION BRIEF
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 16                                                         [Filed concurrently with Declarations of Susan
                                                            Esparza, Carolyn Dabney, Raghuram
17                                                          Radhakrishnan, Pamela Lemar, Robert
      CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF                              McKinnon, and David Murray in Support
18    TRANSPORTATION, a California public                   Thereof]
      entity: and DOES | through 10,
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20                                                          Hearing:
                                        Respondent.         Date:   January 19. 2023
21                                                          Time:      10:00 a.m.
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            INTRODUCTION

     I      STATEMENT OF FACTS

     IIL.   APPLICABLE LAW

     IV.    LEGAL ARGUMENT.                                                                                                               10

            Mandate Relief is not Available Because there is no Present Duty to Offer to Sell the
            Subject Property to the Petitioner                                                                                            10

            Absent the Administrative Hold, the Conditions ofSection 118.1 are not Satisfied Because
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            the Subject Property is Residential Property Acquired for a Highway Project that was
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               1   The Subject Property Does Not Meet the Commercial-Property Requirement of
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15                 The Subject Property was Acquired for a Freeway Project that was Constructed;

16                 It Was Not Made Excess Due to an Abandoned Project                                                                    14

17          CONCLUSION                                                                                                                    17
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