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BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP <br />A CALIFORMIA 4.1-TC0 LIABILITY ►ARTNER9M1► IMCI.VOIN* PRO/ESSIOMAL COR►ORATIOM>t <br />LAWYERS <br />ARTHUR L. LITTLEWORTH- <br />WILLIAM R. 0WOLFE- <br />CHRISTOPHER L. CARPENTER' <br />RICHARD T. ANDERSON - <br />JOHN O. WAHLIN- <br />MICHAEL O. HARRIS' <br />JOHN E. BROWN <br />MICHAEL T. RIDDELL• <br />MICHAEL GRANT* <br />FRANCIS J. BAUM• <br />ANNE T. THOMAS' <br />GEORGE M. REYES• <br />WILLIAM W. FLOYD. JR. <br />GREGORY L. MAROKE <br />KENDALL H. MACVEY <br />CLARK M. ALSOP <br />DAVID J. ERWIN- <br />MICHAEL J. ANOELSON- <br />DOUGLAS S. PHILLIPS - <br />GREGORY K. WILKINSON <br />WYNNE S. FURTH <br />GENE TANAKA <br />BASIL T. CHAPMAN <br />VICTOR L. WOLF <br />DANIEL E. OLIVIER <br />HOWARD B. GOLDS <br />STEPHEN P. DEITSCH <br />MARC E. EMPEY <br />A ►ROFEflIOMAL CORPORATION <br />JOHN R. ROTTSCHAEFER <br />MARTIN A. MUELLER <br />J. MICHAEL SUMMEROUR <br />SCOTT C. SMITH <br />JACK B. CLARKE. JR. <br />BRIAN M. LEWIS- <br />BRADLEY E. NEUFELO <br />PETER M. BARMACK <br />MATT M. MORRIS <br />JEFFREY V. OUNN <br />STEVEN C. DcBAUN <br />ERIC L. GARNER' <br />OENNIS M. COTA <br />P.H.W.F. PEARCE <br />ROBERT W. HARGREAVES <br />C. MICHAEL COWETT <br />BRUCE W. BEACH <br />ARLENE PRATER <br />JASON O. OABAREINER <br />MARK A. EASTER <br />MICHELLE OUELLETTE <br />KEVIN K. RANDOLPH <br />CYNTHIA M. GERMANO <br />MARGUERITE S. STRAND <br />WILLIAM O. DAMLING. JR. <br />KIRK W. SMITH <br />KYLE A. SNOW <br />BERNIE L. WILLIAMSON <br />JAMES S. GILPIN <br />KIM A. SYRENS <br />MARY E. GILSTRAP <br />G. HENRY WELLES <br />DINA O. HARRIS <br />BARBARA R. BARON <br />RICHARD T. EGGER <br />DEAN OERLETH <br />HELENE P. GREYER <br />SONIA RUBIO CARVALHO <br />JOHN O. PINKNEY <br />PATRICIA BYARS CISNEROS <br />JACQUELINE E. BAILEY <br />SUSAN D. WILSON <br />DAVID J. HANCOCK <br />KAREN M. LEWIS <br />MAYLEY E. PETERSON <br />ROGER K. CRAWFORD <br />SHAWN O. HAGERTY <br />KEITH L. HIGGINS <br />MITCHELL L. NORTON <br />PIERO C. OALLARDA <br />DWIGHT M. MONTGOMERY <br />JAMES P. MORRIS <br />KEVIN T. COLLINS <br />CARYN L. CRAIG <br />DAVID W. NEWMAN <br />GREGORY K. HANSEN <br />VIA FACSIMILE AND FIRST CLASS MAIL <br />Daryl Parrish. <br />Assistant City Manager <br />City of Colton <br />650 North La Cadena Drive <br />Colton, CA 92324 <br />Re: Cantera Street <br />Dear Daryl: <br />JENNIFER E. THOMPSON <br />MARIA E. GUTIERREZ <br />GLEN W. PRICE <br />MARYMICHAEL MCLEOD <br />JAMES R. TOUCHSTONE <br />STEVEN M. ANDERSON <br />ROBERT L. PATTERSON <br />KENJI L. FUNAHASHI <br />BRYAN K. SENARO <br />PAULA C.P. cc SOUSA <br />JAMIE L. RAYMOND <br />LYSA M. SALTZMAN <br />THERESA MAN SAVAGE <br />SUSAN M. YOUNT <br />MARCO A. MARTINEZ <br />DANNY A. MOEK <br />JOHN F. WALSH <br />RAYMOND BEST (1868-1937) <br />JAMES H. KRIEGER (1913-1973) <br />EUGENE BEST (1 6 9 3-19 81) <br />June 15, 1.998 <br />3750 UNIVERSITY AVENUE <br />RIVERSIDE. CALIFORNIA 92502-1028 <br />TELEPHONE (909) 686-1450 <br />TELECOPIERS <br />(909) 686-3083 682-4612 <br />W W W.BBKLAW.COM <br />OF COUNSEL <br />GLEN E. STEPHENS• <br />JOHN C. TOBIN <br />DONALD F. ZIMMER- <br />HENRY R. KRAFT• <br />GREGORY A. ZLOTNICK <br />CHRISTINA L. OYER <br />FRANKLIN C. ADAMS <br />WILLIAM WOOD MERRILL <br />OFFICES IN <br />RANCHO MIRAGE (760) 366-2811 <br />ONTARIO (909) 969-8384 <br />SAN DIEGO (619) 323-1300 <br />VICTORVILLE (760) 243-4127 <br />CONFIDENTIAL <br />ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE <br />JUN 161998 <br />Cllr MANAG RN <br />You have asked us to research whether the City may consider blocking access to <br />Cantera Street north of San Bernardino Avenue in order to address traffic related to the new <br />Medical Center Project. It appears as though you had been given a prior opinion which indicated <br />that the City does not have the legal authority to block access to streets for the purpose of <br />regulating traffic. We believe, however, that the City does have the authority under certain <br />circumstances. <br />The prior opinion had pointed out that Rumford v. City of Berkeley (1982) 31 <br />Cal.3d 545 held that the erection of barriers on public streets for traffic regulation purposes was <br />not allowed because the regulation of traffic on public streets is a matter of statewide concern that <br />had been preempted from local control by the state of California. This is true. The court in <br />Rumford indicated that cities may regulate traffic only under the provisions of California Vehicle <br />Code Sections 21100 through 21116. <br />However, the California Legislature amended Section 21101 of the California <br />Vehicle Code effective the year following the decision in Rumford. Revised Section 21101 now <br />reads, in part, as follows: <br />RVP[ B'DRD',45566 <br />