Fix the City, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to improving neighborhoods and advocating for critical infrastructure and public services in Los Angeles, has filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles, the City of Los Angeles City Council, and Mayor Karen Bass. The lawsuit challenges the legality of Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 8.33, which was adopted to address the city's homelessness crisis. Fix the City argues that the code is an illegal expansion of mayoral power and violates constitutional and statutory restraints on executive powers. It further claims that the code eliminates competitive bidding and fails to comply with state law regulating emergency declarations. The lawsuit includes three causes of action: a petition for a writ of mandamus to vacate the emergency declaration and related directives, a petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent the commandeering of property based on the code, and a request for declaratory relief to declare the code invalid. Fix the City also seeks attorney fees, costs of suit, and any other relief deemed just and proper. The basis of the lawsuit is that Fix the City believes the city's actions related to the declaration of a local housing and homelessness emergency are unconstitutional, ultra vires, and beyond the authority granted to them by state and local law. They seek a declaratory judgment, injunction, and writ of prohibition and/or mandamus to stop the enforcement of the emergency declaration and related actions. The lawsuit is filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.