Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties claims a Fontana ordinance targeted the organization and was an attempt by city council to close down a new clinic.
The care provider’s Dec. 4 petition for writ of mandamus claims that a Sept. 5 ordinance to shut down the issuance of new permits along Fontana’s main roads targeted only them, and in doing so violates the California Constitution.
The petition claims that residents of Fontana asked the city council to prevent the clinic from opening—including the city council’s chaplain during an official invocation and public comment. The decision was made at a special city council meeting, that Planned Parenthood claims was not properly