Opinion
S272850
05-30-2024
Emily WHEELER, Petitioner, v. APPELLATE DIVISION OF the SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; The People, Real Party in Interest.
Erika C. Anzoategui, Alternate Public Defender, Reid S. Honjiyo, Brock Hammond, Alvin Yu and Megan N. Gallow, Deputy Alternate Public Defenders, for Petitioner. Ricardo D. Garcia, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Albert J. Menaster, Head Deputy Public Defender, and Nick Stewart-Oaten, Deputy Public Defender, for the California Public Defenders Association and Law Offices of the Public Defender as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner. Michael N. Feuer and Hydee Feldstein Soto, City Attorneys, Kent J. Bullard, Assistant City Attorney, Meredith A. McKittrick, Hannah M. Barker, Sydney M. Mehringer, John R. Prosser, Los Angeles, and Zachary T. Fanselow, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest. Michael N. Feuer, City Attorney (Los Angeles), David J. Michaelson, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Taylor C. Wagniere, Los Angeles, and Kabir Chopra, Irvine, Deputy City Attorneys, for the Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest. Susana Alcala Wood and David S. Kim, City Attorneys (Sacramento), for City of Sacramento as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest. Best Best & Krieger, Jeffrey V. Dunn and Carl C. Jones, Irvine, for League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.