California Court of Appeal, 5th District July 28, 2017, D069785 (Sviridov v. City of San Diego)

McCONNELL, P.J.

*516INTRODUCTION

Aleksei E. Sviridov appeals a judgment after the trial court awarded the City of San Diego and the San Diego Police Department (collectively the City or defendants) $90,387.28 in costs. Sviridov contends the City is not entitled to costs based upon Williams v. Chino Valley Independent Fire Dist. (2015) 61 Cal.4th 97, 99, 186 Cal.Rptr.3d 826, 347 P.