“Out here, due process is a bullet!” – John Wayne
As a general principle, the federal and state constitutions prohibit governmental entities from depriving persons of property without due process of law. But as the Second District Court of Appeal reminded us on January 9, 2019, in Venice Coalition to Preserve Unique Community Character v. City of Los Angeles, __ Cal.App.5th __ (2019), not all governmental actions in land use matters sufficiently implicate property interests to require the procedural due process protections of reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard.
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