los angeles county metropolitan transportation authority, Plaintiff, vs. beverly hills unified school district, et al. Defendants.

Case No.: 19STCV18197

Hearing Date: September 25, 2019

Hearing Time: 8:30 a.m.

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE:

PLAINTIFF LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY’S MOTION FOR ORDER FOR PREJUDGMENT POSSESSION

Background

On May 24, 2019, Plaintiff Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“LACMTA”) filed this eminent domain action against, inter alia, Defendant Beverly Hills Unified School District (“BHUSD”). LACMTA seeks to acquire two permanent subsurface tunnel easements and two temporary subsurface grouting easements below the Beverly Hills High School campus, located at 241 S. Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, California (the “Subject Property”). LACMTA asserts that the easements are necessary for the construction and operation of Section 2 of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project (the “Project”). The Project is part of a thr