HEARING ON MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS

FILED BY STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

* TENTATIVE RULING: *

The hearing in this matter is continued to March 13, 2019 at 9 a.m. in this Department. On or before 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2019, each party shall file and serve a brief, not to exceed ten pages, addressing the following issues. In addition, the briefs shall be emailed to the court at the following email address: byoun@contracosta.courts.ca.gov.

1. In its Opposition, Alta Vista asserts that the contract on which it bid is subject to the Public Contract Code. (Opp. at 11:1-2.) On the other hand, Caltrans asserts that “this case is not governed by the Public Contract Code or other statutory scheme that expressly require[s] a fair and impartial hearing.” (Opening Brief at 3:9-11.) The court wants additional briefing and citation to legal authority on whether any law in the Public Contract Code, the Government Code, or elsewhere, requires a fair or an