ROBINSON v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES STEVEN L. ROBINSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al. , Defendants and Respondents. Carmen A. Trutanich, City Attorney, Claudia McGee Henry, Assistant City Attorney, and Gregory P. Orland, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents. When plaintiff Steven L. Robinson, a firefighter and fire department helicopter pilot employed by defendant City of Los Angeles (the City), became disabled, the City employed him in an unofficial and unbudgeted light-duty position for more than six years, paying him out of the fire department's discretionary funds. The City offered substantial evidence that the Civil Service Commission and Los Angeles City Council created the fire helicopter pilot classification in 2008, five years after Robinson's disability was deemed to be permanent. Here, Robinson has not identified any reasonable accommodation for his disability other than the one offered by the City, i. e. , as dispatcher.

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