Can a taxpayer bring an action to enjoin illegal municipal expenditures?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Coachella Valley Water Dist. v. Superior Court of Riverside Cnty., 276 Cal.Rptr.3d 61, 61 Cal.App.5th 755 (Cal. App. 2021):

⁶ Code of Civil Procedure section 526a authorizes a taxpayer to bring an action "to obtain a judgment, restraining and preventing any illegal expenditure of, waste of, or injury to, the estate, funds, or other property of a local agency." (See also Regus v. City of Baldwin Park, supra , 70 Cal.App.3d at p. 971, 139 Cal.Rptr. 196 [taxpayer action seeks "to enjoin illegal municipal expenditures"].)

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